Animal Identification Flashcards
Side striped jackal
Side striped jackal
Black backed jackal
Black backed jackal
Side striped jackal
Black backed jackal
Greater Bush Baby
Aardwolf
Aardwolf cub
Aardwolf
Aardwolf
Aardwolf
Aardwolf
African Wild Cat
African Wild Cat
African Wild Cat
African Wild Cat
banded mongoose
banded mongoose
banded mongoose
banded mongoose
banded mongoose
banded mongoose
banded mongoose
banded mongoose
Bat eared fox
Bat eared fox
Bat eared fox
Bat eared fox
Bat eared fox
Bat eared fox
Bat eared fox
Black rhino
Black rhino
Black rhino
Black rhino
Black rhino
Blue duiker
Blue duiker
Blue duiker
Blue duiker
Blue duiker
Blue duiker
Bushbuck
Bushbuck
Bushbuck
Bushbuck
Bushbuck
Bushpig
Bushpig
Bushpig
Bushpig
Caracal
Caracal
Caracal
Caracal
Caracal
Caracal
Civet
Civet
Civet
Civet
Civet
Clawless otter
Clawless otter
Common reedbuck
Common reedbuck
Common reedbuck
Common reedbuck
Common reedbuck
Common reedbuck
Common reedbuck
Common reedbuck
Dwarf mongoose
Dwarf mongoose
Dwarf mongoose
Dwarf mongoose
Dwarf mongoose
Dwarf mongoose
Dwarf mongoose
Dwarf mongoose
Eland
Eland
Eland
Eland
Eland
Eland
Eland
Eland
Genet
Genet
Genet
Genet
Genet
Genet
Genet
Genet
Genet
Genet
Gray duiker
Gray duiker
Gray duiker
Gray duiker
Gray duiker
Gray duiker
Gray duiker
Gray duiker
Gray duiker
Gray duiker
Gray duiker
Gray duiker
Gray mongoose
Gray mongoose
Gray mongoose
Gray mongoose
Gray mongoose
Gray mongoose
Greater Bush Baby
Greater Bush Baby
Greater Bush Baby
Greater Bush Baby
Greater Bush Baby
Greater Bush Baby
Greater Bush Baby
Greater Bush Baby
Greater Bush Baby
Greater Kudu
Greater Kudu
Greater Kudu
Greater Kudu
Greater Kudu
Greater Kudu
Greater Kudu
Greater Kudu
Greater Kudu
Greater Kudu
Hartebeest
Hartebeest
Hartebeest
Hartebeest
Hartebeest
Hartebeest
Hartebeest
Hartebeest
Hartebeest
Hartebeest
Klipspringer
Klipspringer
Klipspringer
Klipspringer
Klipspringer
Klipspringer
Klipspringer
Klipspringer
Klipspringer
Klipspringer
Klipspringer
Klipspringer
Lesser Bushbaby
Lesser Bushbaby
Lesser Bushbaby
Lesser Bushbaby
Lesser Bushbaby
Lesser Bushbaby
Lesser Bushbaby
Lesser Bushbaby
Lesser Bushbaby
Marsh Mongoose
Marsh Mongoose
Marsh Mongoose
Marsh Mongoose
Marsh Mongoose
Marsh Mongoose
Marsh Mongoose
Mountain Reedbuck
Mountain Reedbuck
Mountain Reedbuck
Mountain Reedbuck
Mountain Reedbuck
Mountain Reedbuck
Nyla
Nyla
Nyla
Nyla
Nyla
Nyla
Nyla
Nyla
Nyla
Nyla
Rhebok
Rhebok
Rhebok
Rhebok
Rhebok
Rhebok
Rhebok
Rhebok
Rhebok
Roan
Roan
Roan
Roan
Roan
Roan
Roan
Roan
Roan
Roan
Sable
Sable
Sable
Sable
Sable
Sable
Sable
Serval
Serval
Serval
Serval
Serval
Serval
Serval
Serval
Serval
Slender Mongoose
Slender Mongoose
Slender Mongoose
Slender Mongoose
Slender Mongoose
Slender Mongoose
Slender Mongoose
Steenbok
Steenbok
Steenbok
Steenbok
Steenbok
Steenbok
Sykes / Blue Monkey
Sykes / Blue Monkey
Sykes / Blue Monkey
Sykes / Blue Monkey
Sykes / Blue Monkey
Sykes / Blue Monkey
Sykes / Blue Monkey
Sykes / Blue Monkey
Sykes / Blue Monkey
Sykes / Blue Monkey
Vervet Monkey
Vervet Monkey
Vervet Monkey
Vervet Monkey
Vervet Monkey
Vervet Monkey
Vervet Monkey
Vervet Monkey
Warthog
Warthog
Warthog
Warthog
Warthog
Warthog
Warthog
Warthog
Wildebeest
Wildebeest
Wildebeest
Wildebeest
Wildebeest
Yellow mongoose
Yellow mongoose
Yellow mongoose
Yellow mongoose
Yellow mongoose
Yellow mongoose
Yellow mongoose
Zorilla / Striped Polecat
Zorilla / Striped Polecat
And
Zorilla / Striped Polecat
Zorilla / Striped Polecat
Zorilla / Striped Polecat
Zorilla / Striped Polecat
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.
