the giraffe-gazelle has a withers-height of approximately 1 m and a weight of approximately 50 kg. The name of this antelope refers to the long neck, that is essentially more thickly than with the female with the male. Those limbs are long. Big eyes and ears adorn the spitzschnauzigen head. The reddish sand-brown fur becomes darker on the back, the stomach is knows. Only the males have curled, lyre-shaped horns. The females are smaller than the bucks and have a falling away back-line. Both sexes possess pre-eyes, inter-toes, and wrist-glands.
Spread, habitat Giraffe-gazelles live in the most meager biotopes, in dry savannas with low thornbushes in Africa's east.
Way of life The Gerenuks pass through its precinct in small troops of approximately 6 animals, who are led by a buck. Herds up to 30 animals occur. Also bachelor-herds refine temporarily. Giraffe-gazelles are location-loyal. During the noon, they rest, in the evening and in the morning, they are active. They with the secretion of its pre-eye-glands and through excrement-places, that use it together, mark its precinct.
When drawing near of a danger of it, giraffe-gazelles steal themselves, in that it with horizontally outstretched neck and low-ducked bodies behind one farther sneaks taken away coverage and observes the danger-source from there. If they are not pursued, they remain in the narrower vicinity of its deuce. At the escape, they spread the white hair close to the tail-root and place such a consequence-signal. its warning-tone is a total or whistles. its main-enemy is the leopard.
Reproduction A buck of the giraffe-gazelles expels other males from its precinct. In the combination-prelude, the buck follows a female with bloated neck and executes the run-impact on that occasion. The copulation takes place in standing; the male rises on that occasion on its hind legs.
After a Tragzeit of 203-210 days, a young is placed. The mother licks the young drily and consumes the afterbirth. The young is an Ablieger. Sometimes, a female places second young another within one year. With 2 years, Gerenuks are reproductive-capable.
Food Giraffe-gazelles äsen foliage, fruits and blooms of shrubs and trees, the most dearly mimosa-acacias. Grass and herbs are only eaten as an exception. With the Äsen, you come the animals Hal's zustatten unusually long, additionally they reach higher branches by arising on its hind legs. they either stand freely on that occasion or support itself with the front-legs.
Continuance Above all in the national-parks, giraffe-gazelles are not rare.
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