Animal Identification Flashcards by Natalie Hardee

Side striped jackal

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Side striped jackal

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Black backed jackal

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Black backed jackal

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Side striped jackal

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Black backed jackal

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Greater Bush Baby

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Aardwolf

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Aardwolf cub

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Aardwolf

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Aardwolf

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Aardwolf

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Aardwolf

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African Wild Cat

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African Wild Cat

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African Wild Cat

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African Wild Cat

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banded mongoose

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banded mongoose

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banded mongoose

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banded mongoose

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banded mongoose

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banded mongoose

Bat eared fox

Black rhino

Blue duiker

Bushbuck

Bushpig

Caracal

Civet

Clawless otter

Common reedbuck

Dwarf mongoose

Eland

Genet

Gray duiker

Gray mongoose

Greater Bush Baby

Greater Kudu

Hartebeest

Klipspringer

Lesser Bushbaby

Marsh Mongoose

Mountain Reedbuck

Nyla

Rhebok

Roan

Sable

Serval

Slender Mongoose

Steenbok

Sykes / Blue Monkey

Vervet Monkey

Warthog

Wildebeest

Yellow mongoose

Zorilla / Striped Polecat

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Zorilla / Striped Polecat

Aardwolf Coloration

buff to reddish brown, paler underparts with vertical brown torso stripes and black horizontal stripes on upper limbs, muzzle, ear backs, dorsal stripe, outer tail and feet black. Young resemble adults but darker

Aardwolf Identifying Features

Slender build with sloping back long legs. Forefeet with 5 toes and hindfeet with 4 toes. Head is pointed with a hairless snout. Bushy tail that is bushy and about 10 inches long.

Blue Duiker Sex Differences

Horns are missing on females sometimes but not always.

Blue Duiker Identifying Features

Their horns are around 2 inches long, the shortest of all duikers. Their hindquarters are more developed than their forequarters with slender legs. They have large preorbital scent glands, pores in a curved slit (straight in other duikers) and no inguinal glands.

Blue Duiker Coloration

Varies based on geographical location. May be slate gray to marron with bluish gloss on back, face darker brown. Their chest, belly, and backs of haunches are white.

Blue Duiker Coloration

Varies based on geographical location. May be slate gray to marron with bluish gloss on back, face darker brown. Their chest, belly, and backs of haunches are white.

Gray Duiker Identifying Features

Compared to other duikers they have longer legs and a flatter back. Their horns are more upstanding and are about 4 inches long. They are round and strongly ridged at the base. They have hoof, inguinal, and preorbital scent glands.

Gray Duiker Sex Differences

Only males have horns.

Gray Duiker Size and Weight

Stand at about 20 inches tall and weigh about 40 pounds.

Gray Duiker Coloration

individually and geographically variable. may be from pale buff in arid biomes to grizzled gray in northern savannas to rich chestnut in Angola. Their underparts are paler

Steenbok Size and Weight

Stand at about 20 inches tall and they weigh about 20 pounds.

Steenbok Identifying Features

Small reddish antelope with big round eats, rudimentary tail, slender build, long legs, and well developed hindquarters. Horns are upstanding spikes about 6 inches long and ringed only at the base. Bare muzzle, smooth glossy coat. They have smallish preorbital glands that are larger in males, pedal glands in all feet; no inguinal glands and possibly a throat gland.

Steenbok Coloration

geographically variable; bright rufous to rufous fawn and rufous brown. underparts, undertail, and inside ears are white with triangular black markings on the nose and dark crescent on crown. dark rings on ears.

Klipspringer Size and Weight

They are about 2 feet / 24 inches tall and weigh about 40 pounds.

Klipspringer Identifying Features & Sex Differences

Stocky build with massive hindquarters, stands on the tips of truncated hooves. Rudimentary tail and a short neck with a wedge-shaped head and large rounded ears. Wide-set horns ringed and upstanding; spikelike. 4 inches on average. Horns are present on males only. Scent glands: very large preorbital glands, more developed in males, orifice surface rounded by bare black skin. They have no hoof glands, preputial glands in males.

Klipspringer Coloration

Cryptic, geographically variable, yellowish or grayish to brown, more or less grizzled through banding of hairs; no conspicuous markings except for ears, white inside with dark lines and a black outside border.

Reedbuck Size and Weight

They stand about 2.9 feet tall and weigh about 100 pounds.

Reedbuck Identifying Features & Sex Differences

yellow to gray brown, medium sized antelopes with a round bare spot below each ear white underparts and underside of bushy tails. horns are about 14 inches long and curved forward. Males are 10-20% bigger than females with thicker necks and more defined markings.

Reedbuck Coloration

browner; black foreleg stripe; pale band below the horns with a white throat.

Waterbuck Size and Weight

One of the heaviest antelopes. They are just over 4 feet tall and weigh about 300 pounds.

Waterbuck Identifying Features & Sex Differences

they have a long body and neck with short, stocky legs. They have a neck mane and ruff. Their horns are about 2 ½ feet long and curve forward. They have skin glands that coat their fur in a musky smell.

Waterbuck Coloration

variable, grizzled gray to red brown, darkening with age. lower legs black with white ring above hooves; white rump patch or elliptical ring. Underparts, throat patch, ear linings, eyebrow and snout contrasting with bare black muffle.

Gray Rhebok Size and Weight

Medium sized antelope. They are about 2 ½ feet tall and weigh about 55 pounds.

Gray Rhebok Identifying Features

they have a long neck, bulbous nose, long narrow ears. Horns are upstanding and spikelike horns that are about 6 inches long.

Gray Rhebok Coloration

short rabbit-like fur in varying shade of gray. Young are often more brown than adults. Legs with a dark stripe on lower, front sides, muzzle with dark blaze, underparts lighter, inner thighs and undersurface of their 6 inch tail are white. Their hairless areas are black, including muffle, hard palate, tongue, penis, inside of ears, eye conjunctiva.

Roan Size and Weight

Fourth-largest antelope. They are about 4.5 feet tall and weigh just over 600 pounds

Roan Identifying Features

sand-colored with striking black and white mask and long, tufted ears. Rangy build, high in the shoulder, long head and wide gape. Their horns are curving, massive, heavily ridged. They are about 2 feet 4 inches long on average. They have preorbital scent glands and pedal glands that produce a “sharp, penetrating smell”

Roan Coloration

geographically variable, pale gray to rufous, black mask, and nostrils contrasting with white eyebrows. Lips and jaw; light colored ears, tail with a dark terminal tuft.

Sable Size and Weight

They are around 4 feet tall and weigh 500 pounds on average.

Sable Identifying Features

They have long, curving horns. They have sturdy legs and a thick neck (especially males) enhanced by a bushy mane. They have a long face with wide gape, ears average size without a terminal tuft. They have a small dewlap under their throat. Its function is unknown. Their horns are around 3 feet on average, longer in the males, (the record is 5.5 ft long). They are strongly ridged, thicker and longer in mails and become hooked with maturity. They have preorbital scent glands under the white “eyebrows” and hoof glands.

Sable Coat and Color

short glossy coat. females and immatures can be sorrel to rich chestnut with white facial markings, belly, and rump patch with a black mane and tail tuft. Brown is replaced by black in males beginning in the 3rd year. Calves under 2 months are light tan with faint markings.

Sable Coat and Color

short glossy coat. females and immatures can be sorrel (light reddish-brown) to rich chestnut with white facial markings, belly, and rump patch with a black mane and tail tuft. Brown is replaced by black in males beginning in the 3rd year. Calves under 2 months are light tan with faint markings.

Hartebeest Size and Weight

Large and high-shouldered. They are about 3 ft 7 in tall and weigh about 290 pounds.

Hartebeest Identifying Features

They have an elongated forehead and oddly shaped horns. They have preorbital glands with a central duct that secrete a sticky black secretion. They have hoof glands in their forefeet only.

Hartebeest Color

varies from pale tawny to chocolate brown. Rump is pale or white, black facial blaze and leg markings in the most colorful races. New calves are light tan and unmarked except for diagnostic brow line.

Wildebeest Size and Weight

About 4 feet tall and weighs about 350 pounds.

Wildebeest Identifying Features

Broad muzzle and cow-like horns. Their horns are un-ridged and longer in males, (Over 2 feet in males and 18 inches in females.) They have hoof glands in their forefeet, preorbital glands, larger in males, that secrete a clear fluid.

Wildebeest Coloration

Geographically and individually variable. Slate gray to dark brown, lightest on the back. Black face, mane, and tail with dark vertical stripes of longer hair. Adult males are darker than females.

Bushbuck Size and Weight

They are about 2 ½ feet tall and weigh about 130 pounds. Males are taller and heavier than females.

Bushbuck Identifying Features

Medium-sized forest antelope with large ears and eyes, rounded back and hindquarters, and more developed forequarters.

Bushbuck Coloration

Highly variable geographically and individually.

Nyala Size and Weight

Males are about 3 feet 5 inches tall and weighs about 250 pounds. Females are about 3 feet tall and weigh about 130 pounds.

Nyala Identifying Features

Similar to bushbuck and Kudu but they are bigger and harrier. Sexes are extremely dimorphic. However, their basic body shape is similar with a flatter back than Kudu. There is a false hoof gland on their hindlegs otherwise there are so specialized scent glands.

Nyala Coloration

Females and young are bright chestnut with a smooth coated with contrasting stripes and spots. chest and nose chevron Males are charcoal gray except their tan lower legs. and hairy with fringe of dark hair from throat to hindquarters and white dorsal crest. Stripes are reduced or absent.

Greater Kudu Coloration

Reddish brown to blue gray (darkest in South Africa). Males darken with age. They have 6-10 stripes. Prominent nose chevron and small cheek spots. No throat and chest patches. Dark leg garters, black-tipped tail with white underside; dorsal crest in both sexes. Beard in males only.

Greater Kudu Identifying Features

They have the largest horns of any antelope up to 5 ft 9 inches long. They have huge cupper ears. False hoof gland in hindfeet and no other scent glands.

Eland Size and Weight

Males are 5 ft 3 in tall and weigh about 1200 pounds. Females are about 4 ft 6 in and weigh about 800 pounds

Eland Identifying Features

The largest and most ox-like antelope. Horns are on both sexes 18 inches long. Males' horns are far thicker but a little shorter than the horns on females. Horns have 1-2 tight spirals. Head is short and comparatively small, ears are small and narrow. They have a prominent dewlap. Tail is hock-length and cow-like with black terminal tuft.

Slender Mongoose Size and Weight

They are about 12 inches long and weigh about 1 pound.

Slender Mongoose Identification

Sharp face with rounded, very broad, low ears. Feet are narrow with first digit much reduced and short curved claws. Coat is sleeker, silkier, and shorter than in most mongooses. Generally speckled from brindled gray to dark brown Red Eyes.

Gray Mongoose Size and Weight

They are about 3 ½ feet long and weigh about 7 ½ pounds

Gray Mongoose Identification

Look much like an enlarged version of the slender mongoose. Head is narrow with a blunt snout and low, wide ears, legs are short and muscular, feet with 5 long digits and long, slightly curved claws with a long and tapered tail.

White-Tailed Mongoose Size and Weight

About 1 ft long and weigh about 8 pounds.

White-Tailed Mongoose Identification

white tail and dark legs. back slopes forward form higher, well-developed hindquarters. 5 toed feet with long curving claws and head moderately broad with pointed snout. Fur is long especially on the tail and hindquarters. They have an anal sac with “nauseating secretions”

Marsh Mongoose Size and Weight

About 2 feet long and almost 9 pounds

Marsh Mongoose Identification

a large very dark mongoose. broad head with pink nose and lips and low broad and rounded ears. 5 long unwebbed toes (unlike all other mongooses) palms are naked lacking thick pads. tail tapers to a point. Has an anal sac with a heavy musk or foul smell.

Yellow Mongoose Size and Weight

They are about 1 ½ ft and 1 pound.

Yellow Mongoose Identification

small mongoose with a bushy white-tipped tail and a short pointed muzzle and large ears that extend above the head

Dwarf Mongoose Size and Weight

they are about 6-7 inches long and weigh about a half of a pound.

Dwarf Mongoose Identifying Features

Size and color of a red squirrel. Domed forehead, rounded ears, short muzzle, Well developed anal pouch scent glands and cheek glands.

Banded Mongoose Size and Weight

About 14 inches long and weigh about 4 pounds.

Banded Mongoose Identifying Features

medium sized squat mongoose with stripes. head broad with pointed snout, short legs 5 toed feet with long slightly curved claws. Have anal pouch (scent glands) and cheek glands.

Serval Size and Weight

About 2 feet tall and weigh about 26 pounds.

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