🦌Gerenuk
El gerenuc, gacela jirafa meridional o gacela de Waller (Litocranius walleri) es una especie de mamífero artiodáctilo de la familia Bovidae de cuello largo y cabeza característica, que habita las sabanas del África oriental. Gerenuc significa "cuello de jirafa" en la lengua somalí. También se los llama "swala twiga" o gacela jirafa en suajili. A pesar de que normalmente es tímido, este agraciado animal puede ser fácilmente observado en la Reserva Nacional de Samburu en Kenia y en varias zonas semiáridas del este de África, incluyendo parte de Tanzania, Somalia y Etiopía.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 41 kg
- Body length
- 1.55 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 17 years
Everything we know about the Gerenuk
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass41 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 44 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length1.55 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass155 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan17 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 17 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length7 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.3 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation204 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 204 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.05 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l41 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 Gerenuk yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyBovidae
- ›genusLitocranius
- ›speciesLitocranius walleri
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familyBovidae
- genusLitocranius
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyBovidae
- genusLitocranius
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