Greater kudu

Greater kudu
Adult male
Adult female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Genus: Tragelaphus
Species:
T. strepsiceros
Binomial name
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
(Pallas, 1766)
Subspecies
  • Tragelaphus strepsiceros chora
  • Tragelaphus strepsiceros cottoni
  • Tragelaphus strepsiceros strepsiceros
Ranges of the subspecies
  T. s. cottoni
  T. s. chora
  T. s. strepsiceros
Synonyms

Strepsiceros chora
Strepsiceros cottoni
Strepsiceros strepsiceros
Strepsiceros zambesiensis

The greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) is a large woodland antelope, found throughout eastern and southern Africa. Despite occupying such widespread territory, they are sparsely populated in most areas due to declining habitat, deforestation, and poaching.[2] The greater kudu is one of two species commonly known as kudu, the other being the lesser kudu, T. imberbis.

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2020). "Tragelaphus strepsiceros". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22054A166487759. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T22054A166487759.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Oddie, Bill (1994). Wildlife Fact File. IMP Publishing Ltd. Group 1, Card 110. ISBN 0951856634.