Gerenuk
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GERENUK, the Somali name of a long-necked aberrant gazelle, commonly known as Waller's gazelle (Lithocranius walleri), and ranging from Somaliland to Kilimanjaro.
Gerenuk
Litocranius walleri
Also Called: Swala twiga or Giraffe Gazelle ...
Gerenuk
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see antelope.
More on Gerenuk
Antelope - name applied to a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family which also includes the sheep and goats.
Gerenuks make their home on the dry savannahs of East Africa. One of the most desert-adapted antelopes, gerenuks are able to survive for long periods without water.
Gerenuk
Taxonomy Litocranius walleri [Brooke, 1879]. Citation: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878:929, pl. 56 [1879]. Type locality: "Mainland of Africa, north of the island of Zanzibar, about lat. 30degS and long.
Gerenuk
Litocranius walleri
A gazelle with very long legs and a long neck which stands on its hind legs to feed from trees on the African savannah.
Gerenuk inhabit a continuous range in north-eastern Africa, preferring lightly bushed areas and avoiding open grass lands, dense bush, or forests (Leuthold 1978, “Ecology'). There are two gerenuk subspecies.
Gerenuk (L. walleri)
Procapra
Mongolian gazelle (P. gutturosa) Â- Goa (P. picticaudata) Â- Przewalski's Gazelle (P. przewalskii) ...
About Gerenuk
This African Gazelle has a very long neck and stands on its back legs to feed off of trees and shrubs. It uses its front legs to keep steady and to pull branches within reach.
What is this animal's name?
Gerenuk ...
In the arid bushland of northern Kenya, lesser kudu, gerenuk, and dikdik have been identified as major prey.
These are Gerenuk or Waller's Gazelle, Litocranius walleri. They are noted for their ability to feed while standing on their hind legs. This allows it to reach leaves on which it dines.
The antelopes are especially diverse and include eland, impalas, gazelles oryx, gerenuk and kudu. Buffalo, wildebeest, plains zebra, rhinos, giraffes, elephants and warthogs are among other herbivores of the African savanna.
A few do display good balance, such as the klipspringer, which stands on the tips of its hooves. The gerenuk, another African species, is one of the few antelopes that habitually stands on its back legs.
Gallery sections (page 3): Bush Buck Elephants Giraffe Ground Squirrel Impala Kudu Ostrich Oryx Puku Seals Scrub Hare Springbok Warthog Wildebeest Zebra
Gallery sections (page 4): Buffalo Dik Dik Eland Gerenuk Hippo Red Hartebeest Rock Hyrax Tree ...
 See also: Gazelle, Antelope, Gemsbok, Sheep, Oryx
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