Tanazanian Mammals 10-21 Jan 2005
The right hand images show why you don't leave a truckload of bananas alone in Tanzania...
This one would sneak into the dining room at Ndutu to search for anything edible...
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Tanazanian Mammals 10-21 Jan 2005 |
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| Note: We used mostly "African Mammals" by Jonathan Kingdon, and all names used here follow that book, with page references. I shot literally hundreds of images of the large cats and it was very hard to cull them down to even these numbers of them... | ||
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Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) p.34 The right hand images show why you don't leave a truckload of bananas alone in Tanzania... |
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Vervet Monkey (Cercopithecus (aethiops) pygerythrus) p.61 |
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Gentle Monkey (Cercopithecus (nictitans) mitis) p.80 |
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Yellow-winged Bat (Lavia frons) p.125 | |
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Unstriped Ground Squirrel (Xerus rutilus) p.161 | |
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Common (Golden) Jackal (Canis aureus) p.218 |
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Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas) p. 219 |
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Bat-eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis) p.224 |
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Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula) p.242 |
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Banded Mongoose (Mungose mungo) p.247 |
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Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) p.261 |
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Common Genet (Genetta genetta) p.267 This one would sneak into the dining room at Ndutu to search for anything edible... |
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Leopard (Panthera pardus) p.282
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Lion (Panthera leo) p.284 |
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Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) p.286 |
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Tree Hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) p.300 |
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African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) p.305 |
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Common Zebra (Equus quagga) p.311 |
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Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) p.325 |
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Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) p.335 |
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Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) p.341 |
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African (Cape) Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) p.348 |
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Eland (Taurotragus oryx) p.363 | |
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Steinbuck (Raphicerus campestris) p.387 | |
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Kirk's Dikdik (Madoqua kirkii) p.396 |
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Southern Reedbuck (Redunca arundinum) p.402 |
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Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) p.407 | |
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Thomson's (Red-fronted) Gazelle (Gazella rufifrons) p.411 |
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Grant's Gazelle (Gazella granti) p.413 |
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Impala (Aepyceros melampus) p.422 |
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Topi (Damaliscus lunatus) p.427 | |
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Hartebeest (Kongoni) (Alcelaphus buselaphus) p.429 |
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Wildebeest (Brindled Gnu) (Connochaetes taurinus) p.431 |
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