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Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Greater kudu)

koedoe [Afrikaans]; Kudu [German]; koudou [French]; tandala [Swahili]; ibhalabhala [isiNdebele]; iqudi [isiXhosa]; umgankla, igogo, igoqo, imbodwane [isiZulu]; thôlô [Sepedi] [Sesotho] [Setswana]; nhoro [Shona]; lishongololo [siSwati]; nhongo [Xitsonga]; tholo, tholo-lurango [Tshivenda]; tolo [Lozi]; unzwa [Yei]; Xaib [Nama] [Damara]; ku:du [Khoikhoi]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans) > Ruminantia (ruminants) > Family: Bovidae (antelopes and buffalo) > Subfamily: Bovinae

Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Greater kudu)

Greater kudu bull, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Arno Meintjes ©]

Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Greater kudu) Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Greater kudu)

Greater kudu female, Thornybush Game Reserve, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]

Greater kudu bull, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Arno Meintjes ©]

Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Greater kudu)

Greater kudu female browsing, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Louise Meintjes ©]