Gerenuk
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Litocranius walleri (Gerenuk) is a species of mammals in the family Bovidae. They are native to Ethiopia. They are solitary, diurnal herbivores. Individuals are known to live for 156 months and can grow to 1500 mm. Reproduction is viviparous. They have parental care (female provides care). They rely on running to move around.
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/solitary
- Definition: Solitary animals are those that spend a majority of their lives without others of their species, with possible exceptions for mating and raising their young. Antonyms for a solitary animal include a social animal or a colonial animal.
- Attribution: https://www.definitions.net/definition/solitary+animal
- URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Viviparous
- Definition: 1) Producing live offspring from within the body of the parent (Lincoln et al., 1998). 2) Development of an embryo within the body of the parent, in part, resources passing directly from parent to embryo (Barnes et al., 2006).
- Attribution: <Lincoln, R., Boxshall, G. & Clark, P., 1998. A dictionary of ecology, evolution and systematics %282nd ed.%29. Cambridge: Cambridge University of Press. Barnes R.S.K., Calow P., Olive P.J.W., Golding, D.W, and Spicer, J.I. 2006. The invertebrates: a new synthesis, Oxford: Blackwell Science Ltd.
http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Viviparous>
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCareFemale
- Definition: the female feeds and nurtures offspring
- Attribution: <Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109%2827%29:10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109>
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000055
- Definition: The act of locomoting on limbs with body off the ground such that periodically none of the limbs are touching the ground.
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- seeds
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0009010
- Definition: multi-tissue plant structures that develop from a plant ovule and have as parts a plant embryo enclosed in a seed coat.
- **Comment:**Ontology Description: http://www.plantontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/po.owl
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- fossorial and/or ground dwelling only
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