The gerenuk is a long-necked, long-legged antelope of East Africa. It sometimes stands on its hind legs to reach leaves on shrubs.
It has a slender neck and legs, large ears and large eyes. Only males have horns, which curve forward at the tips.
In Geralle National Park in southeastern Ethiopia, researchers laid out 165.4 kilometers of line transects during the 2019 wet season (April–May) and dry season (August–September) to count large mammals. They observed 272 gerenuk in the dry season and 349 in the wet season. The park survey distinguished grassland, bushland, woodland, and wooded grassland.
Estimated density also differed among habitats. Grassland had the highest values: 7.60 gerenuk per square kilometer in the dry season and 10.0 in the wet season. Estimates were 5.03 and 5.48 in bushland, and 2.24 and 3.53 in woodland. The measurements show distinct seasonal and habitat patterns within this park.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
In 2019, seasonal transects in Geralle National Park, southeastern Ethiopia, estimated gerenuk density at 3.82 animals/km² in the dry season and 4.88/km² in the wet season. Among four habitat types, grassland had the highest estimates: 7.60/km² in the dry season and 10.0/km² in the wet season.