Gerenuk
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.
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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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| Male gerenuk | |
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| Twa female gerenuk Both in San Diego Zoo | |
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| 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) | |
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