Day 35 Greater Kudus (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) males ... (53592295253)🐃

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SpeciesArtiodactylaBovidae
Mammals

🐃Greater kudu

Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Pallas, 1766)

큰쿠두 (영어: Greater kudu, 학명: Strepsiceros strepsiceros 또는 Tragelaphus strepsiceros)는 동아프리카와 남아프리카의 소림(疎林)에서 발견되는 영양의 일종이다. 쿠두(kudu)로 불리는 2종의 하나로 나머지 종은 작은쿠두이다. 천적으로는 사자, 표범, 카라칼, 점박이하이에나, 갈색하이에나, 줄무늬하이에나 등이 있다.

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≈ 3.3× your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
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
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Greater kudu

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
206 kg
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  • 218 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length
2.33 m
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Brain mass
380 g
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Maximum lifespan
23 years
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  • 24 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Generation length
8.49 years
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Age at maturity
1.8 years
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Gestation
226 days
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  • 228 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size
1
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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Home range
835 km²
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Population density
0.44 per km²
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Volume l
206 Laverage
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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.

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More about the Greater kudu

Closest relative on this site
🐃 Bongo — last shared an ancestor ≈ 4.2 million years ago.
What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
In other languages
kudu velký (cs), Tragelaphus strepsiceros (es), Grand koudou (fr), Större kudu (sv), Büyük kudu (tr), Tragelaphus strepsiceros (de) … and 23 more languages

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