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	Whozoo Gerenuk
		The name Gerenuk means “giraffe-necked” in the Somali language.The Gerenuk is a creature with a long thin neck, and a small head in proportion to its body, but large, long and slender eyes and ears.There is a ring of white around the eye.The skinny body is supported by long, slender legs.
		During the mating ceremony, the male gerenuk marks his female with the preorbital glands at the shoulder region and the hindquarters.Consequently, the shape of the shoulder region of the female is no substitute for twigs or stems.
		I was fascinated by the elegant appearance of the Gerenuk and its sharp senses.
	whozoo.org /Intro2003/NewshaJahan/NJ_Gerenuk.html (448 words)

	AWF: Wildlife: Gerenuk
		Gerenuks are found in habitats with woody vegetation, especially dry, flat thornbush.
		Gerenuks live in small groups, which may consist of related females and their young, or in bachelor groups of males or as solitary males.
		In their courtship ritual, the male gerenuk approaches a female in heat and repeatedly taps her with one of his front legs under the belly or on the flanks.
	www.awf.org /content/wildlife/detail/gerenuk (680 words)

	Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)
		Gerenuks are a type of gazelle, with a small head in proportion to its body, but large eyes and ears.
		Gerenuk babies are usually born once a year, although sometimes a female will have 2 fawns in one year.
		The baby gerenuk is not able to keep up with its elders right away and will spend the first 2 or 3 weeks of its life lying hidden in the bush while its mother is away feeding.
	www.thebigzoo.com /Animals/Gerenuk.asp (527 words)

	Gerenuk
		To reach leaves on taller trees, the gerenuk stands on its hind legs, resting its forelegs on the branches of the tree to steady itself.
		The gerenuk is considered a low risk, conservation dependent species by the IUCN (1996).
		Gerenuk is from garanug (Somali) a long-necked gazelle.
	www.ultimateungulate.com /Artiodactyla/Litocranius_walleri.html (441 words)

	Hunt Gerenuk
		Gerenuks are a brownish color on the upper back and lighter on their sides and underbelly.
		Gerenuks aren't herd animals, rather they live in small groups of 2 to 6 females and a single male and their young.
		Gerenuks often eat while standing on their hind legs and using their front legs to pull down higher branches, thereby enabling them to reach leaves 6 to 8 feet off the ground.
	www.relentlessendurance.com /hunt-gerenuk.html (342 words)

	Gerenuk: WhoZoo
		The Gerenuk is a tall, thin, gazelle-like antelope that has a long giraffe-like neck.
		Upon observing the Gerenuk in its zoo environment I was fascinated by the tone and muscle structure of the animal.
		The Gerenuks are kept apart from each other because they don't get along, therefore, they are rotated through the viewing yard.
	www.whozoo.org /Intro98/mattleo/mattleo.htm (289 words)

	:: Kouprey Amigos dos Santuários de Animais :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The gerenuk is a medium sized antelope, found throughout Eastern Africa.
		Gerenuk can be found in captivity in several zoos and wildlife institutions, including White Oak, in the US.
		However, we are aiming to prevent removal of animals from the wild by collecting the necessary genetic material, in the form of semen, and using that to artificially inseminate captive female gerenuk.
	www.kasa.org.br /gerenuk.htm (442 words)

	Comparative Placentation
		Despite the fact that gerenuks have an unique and well-known appearance, relatively little is known about the biology of these beautiful animals.
		Relatively few zoos have gerenuks, but they have reproduced well in most zoological gardens that have held them.
		They found a somewhat unusual gastrointestinal composition in gerenuks, suggesting that they needed special attention; these animals had the greatest fluid absorption in the colon.
	medicine.ucsd.edu /cpa/gerenuk.html (1286 words)

	San Diego Zoo Weblogs » A New Face at Heart of Africa!
		The gerenuk herd lives opposite the okapis in the Heart Of Africa exhibit at the Wild Animal Park.
		Gerenuk are among the most beautiful and fascinating of all antelope.
		Gerenuk have developed adaptations which allow them to stand completely erect on their hind legs.
	www.sandiegozoo.org /wordpress/index.php?p=165 (740 words)

	Gerenuk :: Saint Louis Zoo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Male gerenuks mark the bushes along the edges of their territories with secretions from the scent glands in front of their eyes.
		The barren scrubland left in the wake of the destructive cattle is prime habitat for gerenuks.
		Gerenuks often extend their reach by standing upright on their hind legs to browse on low tree branches.
	stlzoo.org /animals/abouttheanimals/mammals/hoofedmammals/gerenuk.htm (276 words)

	:: Gerenuk Tours & Safaris - The home of tailor made African Safaris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Employees of Gerenuk Safaris have a wide range of safari experience covering all tourist destinations in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
		Gerenuk Safaris' comfortable minibuses are designed with a pop up roof for game viewing, and our tour guides are well trained and experienced in game tracking.
		Gerenuk provides full services; organising hotel and game lodge reservations, air and rail bookings, self-drive and chauffeur driven cars, and all necessary information.
	www.eastafrica-safaris.com (202 words)

	nthposition online magazine: False dawn
		The gerenuk, the giraffe gazelle (Waller's gazelle), is there in the thorn bush because he is adapted to eating the leaves of the acacia tree.
		And when the gerenuk stands on his hind feet, his front feet folded demurely in front, he can reach eight or nine feet into those trees.
		The young female gerenuk had stepped in front of her master, no doubt to protect him, just as Al fired the rifle.
	www.nthposition.com /falsedawn.php (2151 words)

	Gerenuk
		Range - Gerenuks live in Tanzania north along the coast through Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and into southern Somalia, and were once found in eastern Egypt and northeastern Sudan as well.
		The Gerenuk is the long neck and long, thin legs of gerenuks are their defining features; these make them one of the world's most easily recognized antelopes.
		Both sexes of the Gerenuk are of similar size but the males are more muscular than females causing them to outweigh them.
	www.endangeredandrareanimals.com /gerenuk.htm (287 words)

	Kenya Beasts - Antelopes I
		They eat herbs and the foliage of shrubs most of the time except at the start of the wet season when they eat the grass while it is young and green.
		The Gerenuk, Litocranius walleri, is a very distinctive gazelle, especially when feeding.
		They have a varied diet which consists of leaves, flowers, fruit, grass and beard moss and, like the Gerenuk, they stand on their hind legs to reach higher foliage.
	www.kenyabeasts.org.uk /threea.htm (1064 words)

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