Lesser Kudu
Small Antelope with large ears and excellent hearing to alert them to the presence of predators. When alarmed, they may make a loud barking call. If threatened, they will flee with their tails up. When standing still, they can be very hard to spot because the stripes on their bodies break up their outline and provide excellent camouflage. Females tend to live in small groups of two or three, plus their offspring. Adult males, called bulls, are generally solitary.
Size: individuals are 3 - 3.5 feet at the shoulder weighing up to 200 pounds.
Features: Males and females both have 11-14 stripes, cheek spots, and a stripe between the eyes, crossing the bridge of their nose called a “chevron.” Males have straight twisting horns that grow 2-3 feet and have two spirals. Females don’t have any horns.
Conservation Status: Near threatened and declining
Range (map from 1998): Northeast and East Africa primarily in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania
Range area of Lesser Kudu in Africa
