>Search Results for 'Africa Mammals Guide'

Displaying page 2 of 7
Total number of records found: 129
Sort:
White-Tailed Rat
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The White-Tailed Rat is a thickset, mouse-like rodent with soft wooly fur. The body is coated with a buffy-grey coloured fur...
Rock Elephant Shrew
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The total body of the Rock Elephant Shrew measures 260 mm and the tail is longer than the head and body length. Weighs about 60 grams. The tail is less hairy than that of the Smith’s rock elephant shrew...
African Giant Rat
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Giant African Rat has a long tail, which is bare with a white tip. The body is covered with a buffy-grey, relatively long fur whereas the underparts are slightly paler...
Side Striped Jackal
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Side Striped Jackal is a nocturnal, dog-like carnivore, with a head and body length of 650-800 mm and tail length of 300-400 mm. Shoulder height 400- 500 mm, mass 7-12 kg. Timid and rarely seen...
Lechwe
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Lechwe is a medium-sized antelope, closely related to the waterbuck. The ram stands about one metre at the shoulder and have a mass of about 80 kg. The hindquarters...
Banded Mongoose
Africa Mammals Guide Information: This smallish mongoose is usually seen in troops and is unmistakable as a result of the distinct banding across its back. The overall colour is grizzled- or dark brownish-grey and the bands are dirty whitish, alternating with others which are dark ru ...
Dwarf Mongoose
Africa Mammals Guide Information: This is a very Small Mongoose of uniform dark grizzly grey-brown to dark brownish-slate colour. It is usually slightly more rufous-tinted around the head and chest and there are paler areas round the eyes. The nose of this robust little animal is pin ...
Slender Mongoose
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Females attain a mass of 575 gr. and are smaller than males at 715 gr. Colour varies from light brown to dark red-brown depending on the area within its distribution range. Underparts are lighter...
White-Tailed Mongoose
Africa Mammals Guide Information: No size difference exists between the sexes, which are physically similar in appearance. Body length measures 1.1 m and the mass is 4.3 kg. The coat is dark-grey in colour, and the tails are...
Yellow Mongoose
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Total length is 400-600 mm, with a tail length of 180-250 mm. Mass is about 450-900 g. Has a triangular shaped face with a pointed snout. When running the tail is held horizontal to the ground...
Hippo
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Hippo is a massive, semi-aquatic mammal with a mass of up to 2, 5 tonnes. Able to walk under water on the river bed, and can remain submerged for five minutes...
Small Grey Mongoose
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Males are larger than females at 500 - 1000 gr. Total body length varies from 550 mm to 690 mm. Tail length between 200-340 mm. The body is uniform light to dark grizzled grey. Species in the...
Red Hartebeest
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Red Hartebeest is a large, reddish-fawn antelope with a sloping back and long narrow face. Both sexes have heavily ringed horns. Of the 12 subspecies described in Africa, the Red Hartebeest...
Spring Hare
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The vernacular name of this creature is misleading, since the Spring Hare is in fact a rodent, and not a hare. The head and body of the Spring Hare measures 400mm with a tail of 440 mm. It weighs up to 3 kg...
Scrub Hare
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Scrub Hare is larger in the southwestern parts of the range (2.7-4.5 kg) than further north (1.5-3.2 kg). The upper parts are a grizzled-grey and the under parts white...
Cape Hare
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The female Cape Hare is slightly larger than the male. The mass varies from 1.5 – 2.5 kg. The fur is pale brownish-grey. The long ears and black-and-white tail is most obvious in flight...
Monkey
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Unlike many tropical African countries, there are only two monkey species in South Africa, namely the vervet and the samango monkey. Both are fruit eating tree dwellers as a consequence of which...
Sharpes Grysbok
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Sharpe's Grysbok is a shy antelope, which is slightly smaller than the Cape Grysbok, and which has a thick-set body and a rich rufous-coloured coat...
Vervet Monkey
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Males have a mass of 6kg and measure 1.1 m in length, whereas females are slightly smaller and weigh only 4kg. Vervets have a silver-grey body with a marked black face. The ridge of the...
Cape Grysbok
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Cape Grysbok is a small, shy antelope with a thick-set body and a coarse coat of hair. A mingling of white and reddish hair on the back and sides gives this species a grizzled, reddish...