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The greater kudu is a large woodland antelope, found throughout eastern and southern Africa. Despite occupying such widespread territory, they are sparsely populated in most areas due to declining habitat, deforestation, and poaching. Male kudu have the largest horns of any antelope species, spiraling up to 6 feet. Each horn makes about 2.5 graceful twists. Kudu can leap over obstacles that are 8 feet high with ease. The greater kudu is one of the only animals that thrives on scrub woodland and bush that grows in abandoned fields and pastures. According to the IUCN Red List, the total Greater kudu population size is around 482,000 individuals. Greater Kudu are one of the tallest antelopes. They have a body length between 2 and 2.5 m (6.5 - 8.25 ft), a tail length between 37 and 48 cms (14.5 - 19 inches), a shoulder height between 1 and 1.5 m (3.3 - 4.9 ft) and they weigh between 120 and 315 kgs (260 - 690 lbs).
Scientific name: Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Mass: 420 – 600 lbs (Male, Adult), 260 – 460 lbs (Female, Adult)
Trophic level: Herbivorous
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population stable)
Gestation period: 240 days
Domain: Eukaryota
Family: Bovidae
Distribution:
Distribution:
The range of Greater kudu extends from the east in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Eritrea, and Kenya into the south where they are found in Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Other regions where they occur are the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, Swaziland, and Uganda. These antelopes live in mixed scrub woodlands and bush on abandoned fields and degraded pastures, mopane bush, and acacia in lowlands, hills, and mountains. They will occasionally venture onto plains only if there is a large abundance of bushes but normally avoid such open areas to avoid becoming an easy target for their predators.
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