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gerenuk

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gerenuk
a tall antelope with a long, thin neck which it uses to maximum effect while browsing. Called also Litocranius walleri and giraffe-necked gazelle.


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In several days at Samburu, there is abundant wild life to be photographed: elephants, giraffes, Oryx, Waterbucks, Dik-diks, Gerenuk, Red and Yellow barbets, Lilac-breasted Rollers, Pale Chanting Goshawk, Red- and Yellow-billed Hornbills, Von der Decken's Hornbills, Leopards, Cheetahs, Grevy's Zebra, Spotted Thick-knees, Banded and Dwarf Mongoose, Unstriped Squirrels, African Hare, Vulturine Guineafowl and Sand Grouse.
19) Other heads from the first safari are a Grant's gazelle (Gazella granti rayneyi) and an East African gerenuk or Waller's gazelle (Litocranius walleri).
Elephant, lion, leopard, cheetah, Thompson''s and Grant''s gazelles, gerenuk, impala, oryx, lesser kudu, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, warthog, striped hyena, jackal, bat-eared fox, caracal, African wild cat, serval cat, genet cat, honey badger, mongoose and ostrich.
 
 
 
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