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Sable Africa Mammals Guide Information: This is a large and handsome antelope. Sable are characterised by glossy black coats with white under parts and white facial markings. Cows and young are dark brown in colour. Both sexes have...
Roan Africa Mammals Guide Information: The body colour is overall fawn, with the lower parts of the legs dark brown to black. The distinctive black and white facial markings are characteristic features of this species. They have long...
Reedbuck Africa Mammals Guide Information: Weighs up to 70 Kg and rams have a 950mm shoulder height. Ewes are smaller and only measure 800mm at the shoulders and weigh about 51 Kg. Pelage is grey-brown with white underpants. Tail is...
Nyala Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Nyala male is dark blue-grey in colour with white vertical stripes, yellow stockinged legs and a white chevron mark between the eyes. The mane on the neck and back are white tipped. Old males have a long fringe of hair under the belly and agains ...
Mountain Reedbuck Africa Mammals Guide Information: A medium sized antelope with a long hairy coat. Colour varies from grey to reddish-brown and the neck is always brown. The belly is white, the tail bushy with white underneath and there are black spots below the ears. ...
Kudu Africa Mammals Guide Information: Large, elegant antelope with impressive horns and white stripes on the flanks. The female has prominent ears. The male becomes darker against the neck when the hair falls out. ...
Giraffe Africa Mammals Guide Information: They are the tallest animals in the world, standing at a height of a double-decker bus. Their exceptionally long necks and legs enable them to reach the tips of high trees. The animal's coat is covered in a pattern of irregularly shaped brown patche ...
Gemsbok 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...
Eland Africa Mammals Guide Information: Males can grow to a shoulder height of 1, 7 metres and weigh about 900 Kg. In spite of its heavy physique, eland are remarkably agile and large bulls can easily jump over regular fences. They have a...
Serval Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Serval is a large, leggy and elegant, tawny-yellow wild cat richly marked with large, rather widely-spaced solid black spots which tend to run in the form of bars along the back and around the chest. It is lanky and tall on the leg, with very ups ...
Hyaena Africa Mammals Guide Information: This creature has pointed ears and striped legs with a dark brown to black shaggy coat, white shoulders and neck. It stands 800 mm at the shoulder and weighs 40 Kg. They have a long mane of a cream...
Jackal Africa Mammals Guide Information: Black-backed jackals are nocturnal, dog-like scavengers and predators with pointed ears and faces. Reputedly carries rabies, but in fact ultimately dies from...
Caracal Africa Mammals Guide Information: This large wild cat has short, sleek fur which is more or less grizzled-rufous; in some specimens a beautiful rich bright rufous-bay, in other duller and more grizzled - but always distinctly reddish in hue. Above it is completely unmarked, but alon ...
Bat Eared Fox Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Bat-eared Fox has a shoulder height of only 30cm, a length of about 75cm and weighs less than 5 kilograms. Its fur is a beautiful silver-grey colour and it has a bushy tail about 25cm in length...
Cheetah Africa Mammals Guide Information: The Cheetah must surely be the most elegant of the large cats. It cannot fully sheathe its claws. The belly, chin and throat are white, with smaller black spots on the chest. The spots on the tail are replaced by black rings toward the end. The ea ...
Rhino Africa Mammals Guide Information: Bulls weigh up to 1 200 Kg and cows about 800 Kg. As such this species is smaller than the White Rhino. It can further be distinguished from the White (or square-lipped) Rhino by the pointed upper...
Lion Africa Mammals Guide Information: Internationally a symbol of power and royalty, the Lion is Africa's largest, but also laziest carnivore. A male Lion is 1.2 m tall at the shoulders and has a mass of up to 200 Kg and more. Females...
Leopard Africa Mammals Guide Information: Leopards have black spots arranged in rosettes, contrasted on a yellow-golden background. They have single black spots on their limbs and head. Their tails are white tipped on the underside. This...
Elephant Africa Mammals Guide Information: This is the world's largest land mammal, and weighs up to seven tonnes and reaches heights of 3.3 m at the shoulder. Elephants can live to a potential age of 70 years. The massive tusks of older...
Duiker Africa Mammals Guide Information: The common, or grey, Duiker is a tiny, shy antelope with only the males having short horns. The common name refers to a characteristic habit of taking off at high speed in a series of diving jumps...