- Lesser Kudu
Taxobox
name = Lesser Kudu
status = LR/cd | status_system = IUCN2.3
trend = down
image_caption = Diorama from the Natural History Museum,Berne
image2_caption = Southern Lesser Kudu at theSan Diego Zoo
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo = Artiodactyla
familia = Bovidae
subfamilia =Bovinae
genus = "Tragelaphus "
species = "T. imberbis"
binomial = "Tragelaphus imberbis"
binomial_authority = (Blyth,1869 )The Lesser Kudu ("Tragelaphus imberbis") is a forest
antelope found inEast Africa and (possibly) the southernArabian Peninsula .The Southern Lesser Kudu ("Tragelaphus imberbis australis") is a subspecies found inKenya andTanzania .Lesser Kudu stand about a metre at the shoulder and weigh 55 to 105 kilograms, males are larger than females. Lesser Kudu males are grey-brown while females are chestnut the coat is lighter on their underside. Both have about ten white stripes on their backs and two white tufts on the underside of their necks. Males have a small mane and horns of about 70 centimetres with one twist.
Lesser Kudu live in dry thorn bush and
forest and eat mainly leaves. Lesser Kudu are nocturnal and matinine crepuscular. They live in groups of two to five ranging up to twenty-four on rare occasions these have about equal numbers of males and females.ee also
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Greater Kudu
*Kudu dung spitting References
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External links
*ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Tragelaphus_imberbis/ images and movies of the lesser kudu "(Tragelaphus imberbis)"]
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