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>Search Results for 'Africa Mammals Guide'
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Total number of records found: 129
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Burchells Zebra
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Body stripes are less numerous and broader than that of the Cape Mountain Zebra, whereas body stripes extend around the belly. Leg striping is less prominent. Measures 1.3-1.4 metres at the...
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Tsessebe
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The colouring is dark reddish-brown with a metallic sheen. The blaze on the face as well as the upper parts of the fore and hind legs down to the knees are black. Below the knees the colour is light brown. It has a hump on the shoulders and the back ..
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Suni
Africa Mammals Guide Information: This petite antelope stands only 350mm at the shoulders, and rams weigh only 5 Kg. Ewes are slightly larger and weighs 5.4 Kg. Light-brown to chestnut coat, fading slightly at the flanks. White...
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Steenbok
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The colour varies from light brown to darker brick-brown. The belly, the inside of the legs and underside of the tail are white. The ears are large, the horns are upright, straight and very sharp. The Steenbok's tail is the same colour as its back and ...
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Rhebuck
Africa Mammals Guide Information: They weigh up to 30 Kg, with a shoulder height of 700-800 mm. This is a slender, long necked, medium sized antelope. It has long narrow ears with a bulbous nose, and a woolly coat with white under...
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Pangolin
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The very hard dark grey-brown scales which cover the body like roof tiles are an outstanding feature of the Pangolin. The sides of the face are devoid of scales. It has a small head and pointed snout. It walks on the hindlegs with the front legs hel ...
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Oribi
Africa Mammals Guide Information: A small antelope with light rust-brown colouring, white throat and belly. The horns are straight but bend slightly forward towards the tips. Next to the nostrils and above the eyes there are white spots. The tail is black on top and white underneat ...
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Samango Monkey
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Males are larger than females, males have a mass of 7 to 9 kg and females 4 to 5 Kg. The tail is a third longer than the body. The coat of the head and the shoulders is dark grey to black. Facial...
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Water Mongoose
Africa Mammals Guide Information: With an overall length of 800 to 1000 mm, this is a large and robust mongoose. It has a mass of between 2.5 to 4.2 kg. Their tails are 300-410 mm long. Their colour is a uniform dark brown with a...
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Bat Hawk
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The adult is brownish black all over, except for a white spot above and below the eye. The centre of the chest and throat are white, with a broad black median streak. The eyes are brilliant yellow...
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Springbok
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Rams may weigh up to 50 Kg, and ewes only up to 37 Kg. Rams stand 750mm at the shoulders. Their striking body colour renders them easily recognizable. Shoulders appear lower than the hindquarters...
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Hartebeest
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Lichtenstein Hartebeests are large antelope with humped shoulders, sloping back and elongated head. Cows can weigh 180 Kg and adult bulls over 200 Kg. At the shoulder the height of both sexes...
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Impala
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Graceful reddish antelope. Tuft of black hair on ankle of hind legs are diagnostic. Males have lyre-shaped horns. There is a small black patch on the flank where the hind leg joins the body; this feature is absent in the Springbok. ...
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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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Civet
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The African Civet has short, dense fur that is a greyish colour, with black spots arranged in rows along their bodies. Their legs and about 2/3 of their tail is black, with about a third of the...
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Hare
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Head and body measures 400mm with a tail of 440 mm. Weighs up to 3 Kg and is the only large jumping, bipedal rodent in this region. With its short front, and large hind legs, it appears and behave...
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Bush Pig
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Bush Pig is a strong, stocky pig with powerful forequarters. Its upper tusks are barely visible, but the lower tusks are razor sharp and grow to 7cm in length. It is very dangerous when surprised in...
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Badger
Africa Mammals Guide Information: Honey Badgers are about 250 mm high at the shoulders and weighs 12 Kg. The coats have a broad and course saddle of grey hair running from above the eyes to the base of the tail, which contrasts...
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Baboon
Africa Mammals Guide Information: It is a large primate with a dog-like face and big, prominant canines. A mature male measures 1.5m from head to tail and weighs up to 33 Kgs, whereas the more slender female measures 1.1 m and has...
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Waterbuck
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Waterbuck is a big antelope with a characteristic white circle around the tail and a collar of white hair around the neck. The colour of the rest of the body is grey-brown. There are white stripes on the ridges of the eyebrows and the chin is wh ...
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