Litocranius

This represents the extent of some species like the gerenuk (Litocranius walleri), which is present in the north, but is absent in much of the south.

Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets 2008

Excessive hunting had exterminated this antelope over much of its Somalian range by the 1980s but it is still distributed over a wide range in Ethiopia, the largest population found in the Awash Valley north of the Awash N.P. The gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) also occurs and has a wider distribution, extending further south into Kenya.

Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets 2007

This represents the extent of some species like the gerenuk (Litocranius walleri), which is present in the north, but is absent in much of the south.

Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets 2007

Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) in Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Kenya.

Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets 2008

Dorcas gazelles (Gazella dorcas, VU), Soemmerring's gazelles (Gazella soemmerringii, VU), Salt’s dikdik (Madoqua saltiana), and gerenuks (Litocranius walleri) all still occur.

Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands 2008

The ecoregion also features several species of arid-adapted ungulate: the endangered Grevy’s zebra (Equus grevyi), beisa oryx (Oryx gazella beisa), gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) and lesser kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis).

Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets 2008