Species Neotragus moschatus (Von Dueben, 1846) (Suni)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Artiodactyla
  • ---- family: Bovidae
  • ----- species: Neotragus moschatus
Characteristics:herbivore; height: 30-40 cm; light brown to reddish-brown coat with white speckles on the back; the belly and insides of the legs are white; the tail is long and dark with white margins, it is white underneath; the upper lip is longer than the lower lip; the males are smaller and have straight horns that slope backwards in line with the face;
Countries:
MZ
Mozambique
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0119
Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
AT0128
Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 60
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27748853
Creator: Olivier Lejade from France
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Comments: Suni in Mnemba, Zanzibar
Source: wikimedia
Date: 2008-08-30
Place: Mnemba, Zanzibar
Creator: Olivier Lejade
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Comments: Suni in Mnemba, Zanzibar
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/24979330
Date: 2000-08-01
Place: Central, Kenya
Creator: David Bygott
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Comments: Juvenile & male suni, Mt Kenya
Source: wikimedia
Date: 1894-01-01
Place: unknown
Creator: Philip Sclater
Permission: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
Comments: The book of antelopes (1894) Nesotragus moschatus
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