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>Search Results for 'Africa Mammals Guide'
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Total number of records found: 129
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Bontebok
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Bontebok is a medium-sized, generally dark brown antelope with a prominent, wide white blaze on its face, with a pure white rump, belly and hocks, and black-tipped tail...
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Blesbok
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Physically, rams and ewes are remarkably similar. Their mass can be as much as 85 kg. A characteristic of the Blesbok is the prominent white blaze on the face and a horizontal brown strip...
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Suricate
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Afrikaans name Meerkat refers to either the Yellow Mongoose or the Suricate, and is a derivate of a Dutch terms denoting a diet of ants. The Suricate is most frequently seen balanced..
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Lesser Yellow House Bat
Africa Mammals Guide Information: As implied by the popular name, this bat is similar in general appearance than it’s sister species, but is both smaller and leaner with a total head-to-tail length of 120 mm and a body mass...
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Yellow House Bat
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Larger than the lesser yellow house bat, but smaller than the giant yellow house bat. This is an attractive bat with a dog-like face. Total body length average 130 mm and weighs 27 gr. The adults...
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Blue Wildebeest
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The dark silver-grey body is marked with dark vertical bands on the front quarters. Blue wildebeest are characterised by a long black mane and a beard of hair hanging from the throat and neck...
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Ansorgis Free Tailed Bat
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Like all so-called ‘free-tailed’ bats, the distal portion of the tail of the Ansorgi's Free-Tailed Bat is not encased in the interfemoral membrane, and thus presents as a protrusion above the flying membrane...
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Black Wildebeest
Africa Mammals Guide Information: They have a dark brown to black body, an erect mane and a long whitish tail. Both sexes have heavy, forward curving horns. Bulls measure 1.2 metre at the shoulder and weigh 161 Kg. Cows measure...
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Chacma Baboon
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Chacma Baboon is a large primate with a dog-like face and large, prominent canines. A mature male measures 1.5 m from head to tail and weighs up to 33 kg...
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Cape Mountain Zebra
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Cape Mountain Zebra is the smallest of the zebra species, and has a mass of 230-260 kg and a shoulder height from 1.16 m to 1.28 m. Since the stripes on the body are narrower than those...
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Rock Dassie
Africa Mammals Guide Information: This small, plump and tail-less guinea-pig-like animal is about as large as a big rabbit, which haunts rock outcrops, hillocks and mountain cliffs. Its colour varies from grey-brown to ash-brown with a yellow or red tinge and fine black speckles. On t ...
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African Buffalo
Africa Mammals Guide Information: A large and powerful bovine, the African Buffalo reaches shoulder heights of up to 1.5 m and a mass of 750 kg. Both sexes have horns, those of bulls characterised by a heavy boss and upward curved...
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Banana Bat
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Banana Bat is a tiny bat which is 77 mm long and weighs 4.0 grams. The dense fur on the back can be various shades of brown, whereas the undersides are always of a lighter shade than the dorsal colouration...
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Oryx
Africa Mammals Guide Information: A large antelope with striking black and white markings on the face and legs, black side stripes on the flanks and a long black tail. Bulls measure 1.2m at the shoulders and attain a mass of 240 Kg...
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Hartmans Mountain Zebra
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Hartman's Mountain Zebra's coat is characterized by its series of black and white stripes. These vertical lines are thin and relatively close together on the neck and torso, but on the haunches they...
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Desert Elephant
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Namibia is well known for its diversity of wildlife and the high adaptability to the harsh environment shown by the creatures that inhabit this land. This versatility is demonstrated in Namibia...
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Gorilla
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Gorilla is the largest of the apes and the closest living relative to humans, with the exception of the chimpanzee...
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Mole
Africa Mammals Guide Information: These are small, blind, insectivorous mammals, and not remotely related to rodent moles. The minute eyes are overgrown with skin and can only distinguish between light and dark. The long clawed...
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Hedgehog
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Hedgehogs are small insectivores, characterised by their pointed faces and short, sharp spines covering the flanks and back as protection against predators. Their head and body length is 200mm with...
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Warthog
Africa Mammals Guide Information: This is the most commonly seen wild pig of the African Bush. It is a dull grey colour and has a naked skin which is sparsely covered with a few tiny bristles along the back and flanks. The head is elongated and on the sides of the face there are lon ...
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