Greater kudu
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
CommonPhoto: Museum of Veterinary Anatomy FMVZ USP / Wagner Souza e Silva · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mammalherbivore
The greater kudu is a striking woodland antelope with long, spiraled horns. It roams the forests and savannas of eastern and southern Africa, though habitat loss has made these graceful animals less common than they once were.
- Males grow impressive spiral horns up to 1.8 meters long.
- They share their name with a smaller cousin called the lesser kudu.
- Poaching and deforestation have reduced their numbers in many areas.
ForestSavannaAfrica
Read more on WikipediaAt a glance
- Classification
- Mammal
- Scientific name
- Tragelaphus strepsiceros
- Habitat
- Forest, Savanna
- Regions in this directory
- Africa
- Diet
- herbivore
- Relative size
- large
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern (LC)
