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A Kudu in the Etosha National Park.. What a beauty!! The Greater Kudu is a woodland antelope found throughout East and Southern Africa.Greater Kudu are about a metre to a metre and a half tall at the shoulder and weigh 120 to 500 kilograms, the males being much larger than the females. They have brown to grey-blue coats with many white stripes and markings. There is a crest on the neck and shoulders and a mane along the throat. The males have horns with up to three twists which can reach almost half a metre.They live in woodland and scrub and eat grass and leaves.They are active both at night and during the day. They live in single sex groups of up to ten.