🐃Greater kudu
Den store kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), eller blot kaldt kudu, er en stor antilope i underfamilen Bovinae blandt de skedehornede pattedyr. Den er udbredt gennem hele den østlige og sydlige del af Afrika, hvor den lever i åben skov eller på buskbevoksede skråninger, ofte i klippeområder eller bjerge.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 206 kg
- Body length
- 2.33 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 23 years
Everything we know about the Greater kudu
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass206 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 218 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length2.33 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass380 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan23 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 24 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length8.49 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.8 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation226 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 228 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range835 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.44 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l206 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Greater kudu yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyBovidae
- ›genusTragelaphus
- ›speciesTragelaphus strepsiceros
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familyBovidae
- subfamilyBovinae
All 15 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyBovidae
- subfamilyBovinae
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