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Gerenuk
Gerenuk
(Litocranius walleri)
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Authenticated (25/02/08) by Dr. David Mallon, Co-Chair, IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group.
References
IUCN Red List (September, 2007)
http://www.iucnredlist.org
Kingdon, J. (1997)
The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals
. Academic Press, San Diego.
African Wildlife Foundation (September, 2007)
http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/gerenuk
Stuart, C. and Stuart, T. (1997)
Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Africa
. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.
Leuthold, W. (1978) On the ecology of the gerenuk Litocranius walleri.
The Journal of Animal Ecology
,
47
(2): 561 - 580.
Mallon, D. (2008)
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