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  • Less common animals in the area include golden cat Felis aurata, red-flanked duiker Cephalophus rufilatus, yellow-backed duiker C. sylvicultor and aardvark Orycteropus afer.

    Manovo-Gounda-St Floris National Park, Central African Republic 2009

  • The 204 bird species include capercaillie Tetrao urogallus, black grouse Lyrurus tetrix, willow grouse Lagopus lagopus, hazel grouse Tetrastes bonasia, black woodpecker Dryocopus martius, three-toed woodpecker Picoides tridactylus, nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes and red-flanked bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus.

    Virgin Komi Forests, Russian Federation 2008

  • The red-flanked duiker (Cephalophus rufilatis) inhabits forest patches within the savanna matrix across the Guineo-Congolian/Sudanian transition zone.

    Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic 2007

  • And there lay a pretty calf, a beauty, red-flanked like her mother, and comically bewildered at the miracle of coming into the world.

    The Growth of the Soil 2003

  • Some rare species (for example, the red-flanked duiker, C. rufilatus) can graze.

    26 Mouse Deer 1991

  • And an hour or two later, as the sun goes down, here comes a long string of red-flanked cattle trailing down, with a faint jangle of bells, over the far-off ridges.

    The Great Hunger Johan Bojer 1915

  • He was driving a tiny little haycart with a tiny little horse, and up in the cart was a little red-flanked cow -- on its way to the butcher's, I suppose.

    Wanderers Knut Hamsun 1905

  • He was driving a tiny little haycart with a tiny little horse, and up in the cart was a little red-flanked cow — on its way to the butcher’s, I suppose.

    A Wanderer Plays on Muted Strings 2003

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