Table 1. Yearlong standing crops of domestic livestock and wild ungulates. 
Type of Range 
Location 
Animals 
Yearlong standing crop 
in pounds/square mile 
Acacia-savanna 
Kenya Masailand 
Cattle, goats, sheep!/ 
11,000 
- 16,000 
Acacia-savanna 
Kenya Masailand 
Mixed wild ungulates!/ 
70,000 
- 100,000 
Moderately managed 
Kenya highlands 
Cattle!/ 
21,000 
- 32,000 
grasslands 
Acacia-commiphora 
Kenya-Tanganyika 
Sheep, goats!/ 
2,000 
- 8,000 
bushland 
Masailand 
Acacia-commiphora 
Kenya-Tan ganyika 
Mixed wild ungulates!/ 
30,000 
bushland 
Masailand 
1/ This study. 
2/ Henderson (1950). 
Table 2. Comparative growth rates of 
domestic livestock and wild ungulates on 
East and 
Central African range. 
Species 
Approximate live- 
Approx. 
Average adult 
weight gain per 
Periocl 
weight 
in pounds 
day in pounds 
Months 
females 
males 
Thomson's gazelle—^ 
0.13 
10 
41 
53 
0.08 
15 
T 1 V 
Impala— 
0.26 
10 
101 
131 
0.20 
18 
Grant’s gazelle!/ 
0.26 
10 
101 
146 
0.22 
18 
Topi—^ 
0.44 
12 
252 
292 
0.34 
24 
Kongoni—^ 
0.50 
12 
270 
332 
0.39 
24 
Wildebeest-^ 
0.52 
12 
360 
460 
0.44 
24 
0.41 
30 
2/ 
Eland- 
0.73 
72 
1,000 
1,600 
37 
Domestic sheep— 
0.12 
18 
44 
100 
Domestic cattle—^ 
0.30 
38 
350 
1,000 
1/ Talbot et al., 1962 
2/ Posselt, 1963 
3/ Williamson and Payne, 1959 
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