A smattering of African Animals

(I seem to have posted in the Nature and Landscape by accident previously)

Some more of my photos from our Tanzanian Trip from 2009 - slowly but surely I'm working through them!

1. Klipspringer - a small Antelope:

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Nice images, the first 2 a little oversharpened for my taste but I'm reasonably sure that is a black backed jackal rather than a side-striped jackal. The black tip of the tail is the tell-tale (pun intended) differentiating trait.

wanyc wrote in post #15548954
Nice images, the first 2 a little oversharpened for my taste but I'm reasonably sure that is a black backed jackal rather than a side-striped jackal. The black tip of the tail is the tell-tale (pun intended) differentiating trait.

Ah! Indeed. The Side-striped appears to have a WHITE tail tip. Corrected in the Flickr Set.

Nice capture.

First thing I thought of when I saw that image was...

i-G12 wrote in post #15549193
Nice capture.

First thing I thought of when I saw that image was...

Yeah - I can see why Hyenas have the reputation they do.