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by ploceus42
Fri Dec 06, 2013 4:28 pm
Forum: Mammals
Topic: Mammal Identification
Replies: 190
Views: 31334

Re: Mammal Identification

Toko makes a good point about the enlargement of tracks in sand when the sand is deep. loose (usually warm) and dry and its good to consider any alternatives. However the area where these tracks were found is outside the Namib sand belt which lies to the south and west. This is on the gravel plain ...
by ploceus42
Thu Dec 05, 2013 7:00 pm
Forum: Mammals
Topic: Mammal Identification
Replies: 190
Views: 31334

Re: Mammal Identification

Maybe gemsbok with gumboots? 0*\
by ploceus42
Thu Dec 05, 2013 1:49 pm
Forum: Mammals
Topic: Mammal Identification
Replies: 190
Views: 31334

Re: Mammal Identification

I appreciate the replies and feedback. This is a good forum.

The tracks were pre-2007 and within Namib-Nauklift proper (along D1982), not on a farm. For perspective, the binoculars are 17.8 cms wide

Cheers, Bill
by ploceus42
Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:46 pm
Forum: Mammals
Topic: Mammal Identification
Replies: 190
Views: 31334

Re: Mammal Identification

Which rhino species? Recently I came across the attached mid-winter photo I had taken some years back of rhino spoor on the Namib-Nauklift flats about 30 kms NW of Kuiseb canyon. I found the tracks when I crawled out of my sleeping bag at sunrise and to my untrained eye, the spoor looks very fresh ...

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