Gerenuk
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The gerenuk, Litocranius walleri, kent as the Waller's gazelle an aw, is a lang-necked species o antelope foond in dry thorn bush scrub an desert in East Africae, frae Somalie, Djibouti an eastren Ethiopie throu northren an eastren Kenyae tae northeastren Tanzanie. The wird gerenuk (pronoonced wi a haird g) comes frae the Somali leid, meanin "giraffe-necked". Gerenuk are whiles cried the giraffe-necked antelope an aw. It is the sole member o the genus Litocranius.
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Gerenuk | |
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Male gerenuk | |
Twa female gerenuk Both in San Diego Zoo | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Faimily: | Bovidae |
Subfaimily: | Antilopinae |
Tribe: | Antilopini |
Genus: | Litocranius |
Species: | L. walleri |
Binomial name | |
Litocranius walleri (Brooke, 1878) | |
Gerenuk range | |
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