| Abstract: | The social organization of the gerenuk in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, is characterized by single adult ♂♂ on territories encompassing their entire home ranges, small ♀-groups of variable composition, often associated with territorial ♂♂, and small groups of subadult ♂♂. There appear to be no non-territorial adult ♂♂ (“bachelors”). Subadult ♂♂ wander about considerably, often alone, before they succeed in taking over a territory. Territorial ♂♂ perform linked urination/defecation and mark dry twigs with the antorbital gland secretion. Agonistic and courtship behaviour resemble those of other gazelles. Mother-young relations conform to the “hider type” among bovids. |
