Size
Males: 1.2 m
Females: shorter than males
Weight
Males: up to 270 kg
Females: 180 kg
Lifespan
About 11 years
Habitat
Within 5 km radius of water and wherever there is good grazing.
Gestation
9 months (280 days)
Number of young
1 (twins occasionally)
Food
Grazers – feed on roughage
Favourite grass species: Guinea grass Panicum maximum, Spear grass Heteropogon contortus and Finger grass Digitaria eriantha.
Predators
Lion, leopard, wild dog, crocodiles, hyena
By Megan Emmett