General Characteristics
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Large and elegant with long slender legs and characteristics maned hump on the shoulders.
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Overall pelage color is gray- brown to rufous with a neck usually grayer then the rest of the body.
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This is most pronounced in older bulls. Six to ten clearly defined vertical white stripes are present on each side.
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There is a distinct white chevron between the eyes with several white cheeked spots.
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Both sexes have a long haired maned on the neck. In the bulls this extends to beyond the shoulders.
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Bulls also have a fringed of long hair on the throat and lower neck.
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The tail is bushy dark above and white below and may have a dark tip
Head to body Length : 1.85 – 2.05 meters
Tail Length : 25 – 30 cm
Horn Length : Along curve 75 cm average
Shoulder Height : 1.0 meter
Weight : .62 – 100 kg
Range – Restricted to eastern Africa from South central Tanzania and north eastern Uganda to North Eastern Ethiopia
Habitat – Acacia woodland and dense scrub and mostly in fairly low rainfall
Food -grasses, predominantly browsers. leaves shoots and also eat seed pods
Status – population continued to declined due.
Reason For Status : Habitat loss, or hunting by human activties
Gestation : 220 days
Lifespan : 23 years in captivity / 7 to 8 yrs in wild