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| - The Gerenuk, Litocranius walleri, is an species of African antelope. It became available in the expansion pack Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure. Unlike other antelopes, it will stand on its hind legs and browse from trees. It is the sole member in its genus.
- The scientific name of the gerenuk is Litocranius walleri. The gerenuk is the sole member of the genus Litocranius, and is placed in the family Bovidae. The species was first described by Anglo-Irish naturalist Victor Brooke in 1878. In 1997, Colin Groves had proposed that Litocranius is a sister taxon of Ammodorcas, but reverted from this in 2000. The vernacular name "gerenuk" (pronounced /\ˈger-ə-ˌnu̇k, gə-ˈre-nək\/) comes from the Somali word gáránúug , meaning "giraffe-necked". It is also known as the "giraffe gazelle" due to its resemblance to the giraffe.
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| - The Gerenuk, Litocranius walleri, is an species of African antelope. It became available in the expansion pack Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure. Unlike other antelopes, it will stand on its hind legs and browse from trees. It is the sole member in its genus.
- The scientific name of the gerenuk is Litocranius walleri. The gerenuk is the sole member of the genus Litocranius, and is placed in the family Bovidae. The species was first described by Anglo-Irish naturalist Victor Brooke in 1878. In 1997, Colin Groves had proposed that Litocranius is a sister taxon of Ammodorcas, but reverted from this in 2000. The vernacular name "gerenuk" (pronounced /\ˈger-ə-ˌnu̇k, gə-ˈre-nək\/) comes from the Somali word gáránúug , meaning "giraffe-necked". It is also known as the "giraffe gazelle" due to its resemblance to the giraffe. In 1999, a phylogenetic study based on cytochrome b and cytochrome c oxidase subunit III analysis showed that the tribeAntilopini, to which the gerenuk belongs, is monophyletic. In 2013, Eva Verena Bärmann (of the University of Cambridge) and colleagues revised the phylogeny of Antilopini on the basis of nuclear and mitochondrial data. The cladogram prepared by them showed that the springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) forms a clade with the gerenuk; this clade is sister to the saiga(Saiga tatarica, tribe Saigini) and the genera Antilope (blackbuck), Eudorcas, Gazella and Nanger (of Antilopini). Two subspecies are identified, which are sometimes considered to be independent species:
* L. w. sclateri (Northern gerenuk) Neumann, 1988 : Known as Sclater's gazelle. Its range extends from northwestern Somalia (Berbera District) westward to touch the Egyptian border and Djibouti.
* L. w. walleri (Southern gerenuk) (Brooke, 1878): Known as Waller's gazelle. Its range extends through northeastern Tanzania through Kenya to Galcaio (Somalia). The range lies north of the Shebelle River and near Juba River.
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