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Artiodactyla - Lesser Kudu
Topic Started: Aug 19 2016, 09:38 PM (883 Views)
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Lesser Kudu ~ Tragelaphus imberbis

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General Information

Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Tragelaphus
Species: Tragelaphus imberbis

Location and Habitat
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Conservation Status
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Sizes
Weight92–108 kg (M)
56–70 kg (F)
Length (average)95–105 cm (M)
90–100 cm (F)
Height (average)91–110 cm


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Type of Exhibit:
Medium to fairly large paddock is preferred, dense vegetation is mandatory, and shade for animals is required. Exhibit must include trees or shade structures. High fencing is also required, as these animals can jump up to 2 meters high.
Temperament:
The Lesser Kudu is mainly active at night or early dawn. After sunrise it tends to stay near shade or dense vegetation. This animal is mainly shy or timid. The lesser kudu has a genial nature, this species has no main social structure or hierarchy, with little to none territorial behavior and fights are uncommon. Fighting only occurs with males strictly during the times they wish to mate, as the species has no fixed breeding season. Lesser Kudu do not usually associate with other animals unless they are feeding in the same area.

Diet:
In the wild, the Lesser Kudu is mainly a browsing animal, often eating from bushes or trees. It also eats flowers and fruits if available. The animal eats small portions of grass, mainly during the wet season. A majority of their diet it based around browsing from trees, bushes, or shrubs. Less than a quarter of their diet is dependent on foliage from vines. Fruits are consumed mainly in the dry season, and small fruits are picked directly from the tree. Again, the creature's diet is mainly based around browsing, as the structure of it's stomach depends on it.

Social Needs:
The Lesser Kudu has no real hierarchy in their social structure, one to three females and their offspring may form a group. Juvenile males tend to leave their mothers at a year and a half, and may form pairs. At four to five years, a male usually prefers a solitary life, although four or five bulls may share the same home range.

Reproduction:
Both the males and females become sexually mature by the time they are a year-and-a-half old. They are most reproductive till the age of 14 years. This species as no specific breeding season, so births may occur at any time of the year. The gestational period is of seven to eight months, after which a single calf is born. A female about to give birth isolates herself from her group, and remains alone for some days afterward.

Extra Information:
  • Despite their name, the Lesser Kudu is more closely related to the Nyala than the Greater Kudu.
  • The Lesser Kudu has 38 diploid chromosomes.
  • The Lesser Kudu is extinct in Djibouti.
  • The species has face a 20% decline in the past two decades.
  • The name Kudu could've originated in the Afrikaans word koedoe or the Khoikhoi word kudu


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