GERENUK 



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Record Head of Male Gerenuk, from a specimen shot by H.R.H. le Due d'Orleans. 



GERENUK (Lithocranius walleri). 



Somali name, Gerenuk. Danakil name, Gudan Godu. 

 Galla name, Gugufto. 



Even more aberrant than the last is the gerenuk, in which the 

 elongation of the neck attains its supreme development, while the 

 slender legs are lengthened in proportion. Horns are wanting in the 

 females, and those of the males curve forwards at the tips, where the 

 ridges stop, in a peculiarly characteristic manner. The general colour 

 of the upper-parts is a deep rufous fawn, but down the middle of the 

 back runs a broad dark -brown band, nearly eight inches in width. 

 The skull is characterised by its dense and solid structure, as well as 

 by its straightness, the shortness of the facial portion, and the very 



