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 Asilus (?) from Uganda
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| pat_der2003 |
Posted on 09-08-2017 10:15
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Member Location: Paris area, France Posts: 1731 Joined: 20.08.07 |
Hello, A Uganda's bird watcher and guide took this picture recently in Uganda ... It reminds me some Asilus or at least Asilidae ... Is it possible to Id this hairy one ? Thanks in advance !! 
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| tristram |
Posted on 09-08-2017 13:45
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1333 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Looks liks a hybrid between an Asilid and a monkey! (only joking) |
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| pat_der2003 |
Posted on 09-08-2017 14:38
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Member Location: Paris area, France Posts: 1731 Joined: 20.08.07 |
 You're totally right !! There's a species of monkey called "mantled guereza (Colobus guereza), also known simply as the guereza, the eastern black-and-white colobus, or the Abyssinian black-and-white colobus" that I saw in Uganda and Ethiopia !! Quite the same ... A little bit bigger !  |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 09-08-2017 17:30
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7263 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Hyperechia nigrita, I think
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| pat_der2003 |
Posted on 09-08-2017 17:58
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Member Location: Paris area, France Posts: 1731 Joined: 20.08.07 |
Hum, looks like that very much !!   Many thanks Tony !! |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 09-08-2017 22:30
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 Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2213 Joined: 18.05.10 |
Lovely creature
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