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Hoofed mammals
Greater Kudu
Greater Kudu · Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Greater Kudus fascinate with their spiralled horns, gentle eyes and calm elegance in the bush savannas of Africa.
Fact file
- Size
- Males up to 1.50 m shoulder height and around 250 kg, females around 1.25 m and 180 kg
- Males and females
- Only the males carry spiralled horns and are noticeably more robust
- Sounds
- Snorting alarm sneeze when threatened, otherwise quiet
- Diet
- Eats leaves, twigs, pods, fruit and occasionally grass
- Offspring
- The calf is usually born at the end of the rainy season after about 8 months of gestation
How to identify Greater Kudu
The Greater Kudu is instantly recognisable by its impressively spiralled, long horns, which in males reach up to 1.80 metres in length. Its coat is grey-brown with several fine white transverse stripes and striking white patches on the face, throat and flanks.
The animals appear long-legged and graceful with a slender silhouette. Their large ears stick out like antennae, the tail ends in a bushy white tip. Females are more delicate, have no horns and the stripes look a little paler.
More in the app
With Wildful Stories+ you also get in the app:
- general viewing tips
- 29 places where you can see Greater Kudu
Where Greater Kudu live
Namibia
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