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Gerenuk
Litocranius walleri
32.7153, -117.157
Field Notes
Description:
The Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri), also known as the Waller's Gazelle, is a long-necked species of antelope found in dry bushy scrub and steppe in East Africa, from Somalia and eastern Ethiopia through northern and eastern Kenya to northeastern Tanzania. The word Gerenuk (pronounced with a hard g) comes from the Somali language, meaning “giraffe-necked” Gerenuk are sometimes also called the Giraffe-necked Antelope. It is the only member of the genus Litocranius.
Notes:
There is something structurally different about the Gerenuk's pelvis that lets it stand up perfectly straight as long as it can balance with one of its front hooves on a tree branch.
These Gerenuks are in the San Diego Zoo. The first picture is a male and the second picture is the female.
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