J. Gafarot's photos with the keyword: Kudo

If you do not look through the right height of the shrubs, you will never see them. The name of the animal was imported into English in the 18th century from isiXhosa iqhude, via koedoe part zebra part deer. Kudu, or koodoo, is the Khoikhoi name for this antelope. Tragos (Greek) denotes a he-goat and elaphos (Greek) a deer. Strepho (Greek) means "twist", and strephis is "twisting". Keras (Greek) refers to the horn of the animal. Lesser kudus come from the savanna near Acacia and Commiphora shrubs. They have to rely on thickets for protection, so they are rarely seen in the open. Their brown and striped pelts help to camouflage them in scrub environments. Scanned from a 1963 Kodhachrome slide.