LESSER KUDU 



STREPSICEROS IMBERBIS 

 SWAHILI : MALO N'DOGO. MASAI : MALO. 



f~ ^HIS miniature of its peerless brother, 



the greater kudu, is an animal well 



worth adding to any collection, as 



much on account of its beauty as 



owing to its shy and retiring habits. 



It is of a greyish sandy colour, and has a 

 rather fluffy or shaggy coat, with several narrow, 

 white, string-like vertical lines down its flanks, and 

 also a bushy tail. Its legs are of a distinct fawn 

 colour. Its head is of a still darker colour, grey 

 almost verging on black, with two or three small 

 white spots on the cheeks, but the white chevron 

 in the lesser kudu does not meet on the bridge of 

 the nose. It has a thin mane and two large 

 conspicuous white crescents under the neck. Its 

 ears are very large for its size. Its horns are 

 shorter, have a closer spiral and a smaller diverg- 

 ence than the greater kudu ; the does carry no 

 horns, as in that species. 



The lesser kudu buck is found by himself, and 



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