Size
Males: 140 cm, Females: 125 cm
Weight
Males: about 250 kg, Females: about 170 kg
Lifespan
Males: 8-9 years, Females: 15 years
Habitat
Thickets especially along rivers
Home range
3-25 km2
Gestation
9 months (270 days)
Number of young
1 calf
Food
Browsers: leaves, herbs, forbs, fruit, flowers, seedpods, succulents, tubers, (new grass)
Predators
Lion, leopard, hyena, caracal
By Megan Emmett