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The greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros<\/em>) is a woodland antelope found throughout eastern and southern Africa. Despite occupying such widespread territory, they are sparsely populated in most areas, due to a declining habitat, deforestation and poaching.[2] The greater kudu is one of two species commonly known as kudu, the other being the lesser kudu, Tragelaphus imberbis<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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A male greater kudu<\/p><\/div>\n

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Greater kudus have a narrow body with long legs, and their coats can range from brown\/bluish-grey to reddish-brown. They possess between 4\u201312 vertical white stripes along their torso. The head tends to be darker in colour than the rest of the body, and exhibits a small white chevron which runs between the eyes.[2]<\/p>\n

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Male greater kudus tend to be much larger than the females, and vocalize much more, utilizing low grunts, clucks, humming, and gasping.[citation needed] The males also have large manes running along their throats, and large horns with two and a half twists, which, were they to be straightened, would reach an average length of 120 cm (47 in), with the record being 187.64 cm (73.87 in).[citation needed] They diverge slightly as they slant back from the head. The horns do not begin to grow until the male is between the age of 6\u201312 months, twisting once at around 2 years of age, and not reaching the full two and a half twists until they are 6 years old; occasionally they may even have 3 full turns.<\/p>\n

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Cross section of kudu hair used go identify kudu remains in lion scats<\/p><\/div>\n

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Transverse section of kudu hair used go identify kudu remains in lion scats<\/p><\/div>\n

This is one of the largest species of antelope. Males weigh 190\u2013270 kg (420\u2013600 lb), with a maximum of 315 kg (694 lb), and stand up to 160 cm (63 in) tall at the shoulder. The ears of the greater kudu are large and round. Females weigh 120\u2013210 kg (260\u2013460 lb) and stand as little as 100 cm (39 in) tall at the shoulder; they are hornless, without a beard or nose markings. The head-and-body length is 185\u2013245 cm (6.07\u20138.04 ft), to which the tail may add a further 30\u201355 cm (12\u201322 in).[3]<\/p>\n

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The greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) is a woodland antelope found throughout eastern and southern Africa. Despite occupying such widespread territory, they are sparsely populated in most areas, due to a declining habitat, deforestation and poaching.[2] The greater kudu is one of two species commonly known as kudu, the other being the lesser kudu, Tragelaphus imberbis. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,30,39,12,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation","category-lion-ecosystems","category-livestock-management","category-other-animals","category-wildlife-conservation","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevs.house\/kalaharilionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevs.house\/kalaharilionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevs.house\/kalaharilionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevs.house\/kalaharilionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevs.house\/kalaharilionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kevs.house\/kalaharilionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":505,"href":"https:\/\/kevs.house\/kalaharilionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions\/505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kevs.house\/kalaharilionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevs.house\/kalaharilionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kevs.house\/kalaharilionresearch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}