KUDU SPECIES "THE GREATER KUDU AND LESSER KUDU"

The kudu is a sub-species of antelope that is found inhabiting mixed shrub woodland, and savanna plains in eastern and southern Africa.

There are two species of kudu in Africa which are the Lesser kudu and the Greater kudu. Both kudu species are closely related and look very similar in appearance but there are a few distinctive ways that the lesser kudu and the greater kudu can be distinguished from one another.

THE GREATER KUDU

The greater kudu can have anyway between 4 and 12 stripes. The greater kudu is also generally bigger than the lesser kudu.

THE LESSER KUDU

The lesser kudu has ten white stripes which run vertically down the lesser kudu's body