Current all time records
SCI: Score 84 4/8
Rowland Ward: Score 32 7/8 - Omo Vly., Ethiopia - 1999

Description: Females and young are a reddish-brown, while bulls turn blue-grey with age. There are 11-14 very distinctive white stripes on the sides, a white patch on both the upper and lower throat, two white cheek spots, and a chevron between the eyes. The slender legs are tawny with black and white markings. Males have a small mane on the nape of the neck and along the spine. There is no beard on the throat (imberbis = not bearded). The spiraled horns are found only in the males and grow 60-90 cm / 2-3 feet long, having two twists.

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Range: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda; year around.

Natural History: The lesser kudu is primarily active at night and in the early morning, seeking shelter shortly after sunrise. The alarm call is a sharp bark. The lesser kudu is shy and wary, and when startled flees with the tail held up, revealing the white underside. Leaps of up to 2 meters / 6.6 feet have been recorded, though these are not common. Individual home ranges average 2.2 square kilometers for males and 1.8 square kilometers for females. These areas overlap extensively with no apparent territoriality, and different parts are used at different times of the year. Population density rarely exceeds 1 animal per square kilometer.

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