Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)
Genus: Tragelaphus
Species: T. strepsiceros
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
The Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) is a woodland antelope found throughout
East and Southern Africa.
Greater Kudu are about a meter to a meter and a half tall at the shoulder and weigh
120 to 500 kilograms, the males being much larger than the females. Greater Kudu have
brown to grey-blue coats with many white stripes and markings. There is a crest on
the neck and shoulders and a mane along the throat. The males have horns with up to
three twists which can reach almost half a meter.
Greater Kudu live in woodland and scrub and eat grass and leaves. Greater Kudu are
active both at night and during the day. They live in single sex groups of up to ten.
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