Greater kudus are one of the most striking and beautiful of the antelopes. The male's magnificent spiral horns can reach up to 168 cm (66 in.) in length and are highly prized trophies. Females do not have horns.
Greater kudu
Taxonomy Tragelaphus strepsiceros [Pallas, 1766]. Citation: Misc. Zool., p. 9. Type locality: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope; or Namibia, Gammafluss (= Lowen River). The taxonomic record (above) is taken from Wilson and Reeder (1993).
The Greater Kudu is extremely wary and depends on woodlands and thickets for concealment as it browses.
Greatly enlarged ears suggest an acute sense of hearing. The Greater Kudu seldom vocalizes except for an alarm bark and a few mother/infant calls.
Greater kudu
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
One of the largest antelopes, the greater kudu is a rich brown colour with white stripes. Males have spiral horns over a metre long and a beard under the chin.
The kudu is a large antelope with fawn coloring and thin, white, sparse vertical stripes. Greater kudu may be distinguished from similar species, lesser kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis), by presence of throat main.
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GREATER KUDU - Tragelaphus Strepsiceros
One of Africa's most stately and sought after game animals, the kudu is widespread and classified into many different subspecies mainly along geographical variances.
greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), lesser kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis)
Size:
55 inches (greater kudu) ...
the greater kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros
the lesser kudu Tragelaphus imberbis,
and three sub-species: ...
Demography of a large herbivore, the greater kudu in relation to rainfall. J. Anim. Ecol. 59:893-913.
Owen-Smith, RN, 1994. Foraging responses of kudu to seasonal changes in food resources: elasticity in constraints. Ecology 75:1050-1062.
The greater kudu, Strepsiceros strepsiceros, has a reddish brown coat with thin vertical white stripes on its sides. It is among the largest of the antelopes; males may reach a shoulder height of 5 ft (150 cm) and a weight of 500 lb (230 kg).
In southern Africa, major prey consists of springbok (northeastern Botswana, Namibia, South Africa); greater kudu calves and warthog (Namibia); impala, and puku.
There are two species of kudu in Africa which are the Lesser kudu and the Greater kudu.
: The greater kudu is the second largest of the antelopes, the eland being the largest.
Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)
Eastern olivaceous warbler (Hippolais pallida)
North African crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata)
Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus) ...
Antelope horns come in a huge variety of sizes and shapes. They can be spiralled, twisted, curved or straight. The largest belong to the male Greater kudu (say koo doo), which has horns that can grow to almost 2 m in length.
Sitatunga (T. spekeii) Â- Nyala (T. angasii) Â- Bushbuck (T. scriptus) Â- Mountain Nyala (T. buxtoni) Â- Lesser Kudu (T. imberbis) Â- Greater Kudu (T. strepsiceros) Â- Bongo (T. eurycerus)
Taurotragus ...
These animals graze on the abundant plants that grow there. At the NC Zoo, enjoy a walking safari though the Watani Grasslands exhibit and spot rhinos, elephants, Thompson’s gazelle, gemsbok, waterbucks, ostriches, and greater kudu.
 See also: Antelope, Kudu, Deer, Goat, Gazelle
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