A field guide to the larger mammals of Africa

Addax Africa animal baboons backwards band black stripe blackish body bright rufous broad brownish buff Burchell's Zebra burrows bush BUSHBUCK bushy Cephalophus Cercopithecus chestnut coat Colobus Congo crest curved dark brown darker Dassies Dibatag DUIKER Cephalophus ears elongated eyes face feed Female similar flanks forehead Galago Gazelle GENET Genetta Gerenuk Grant's Gazelle grass Greater Kudu grey greyish ground colour Habitat Habits hairs Hartebeest head Height at shoulder herds High forest hooves horns Hyaena Identification insects Intraspecific variation Kenya Lechwe legs Length without tail lighter limbs live singly male mane Mongoose MONKEY Cercopithecus Mountain Reedbuck muzzle neck nocturnal nose Oryx potto pure white races reddish Reedbuck ringed rodents Royal Antelope rump Sassandra River savanna short Similar species Sitatunga slender smaller sometimes spots SQUIRREL Steenbok Tail long Tanzania thick throat trees tuft Underparts upperparts Waterbuck weight Whiskers white patch whitish Wild yellowish young Zebra