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Track: 22mm (7/8") x 13mm (1/2") |
Distribution is Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. Habitat is dry land with barren scrub and areas with acacia trees and dense underbrush; also in mountainous slopes covered with scrub. Its coat is thick, it's back is a gray colour and the flanks are a brown gray and reddish colour. The belly is white. The legs, the forehead and the nose are of reddish brown colour; they have a white ring around the eyes. They live alone, in pairs or small family groups. The pairs live in a fixed territory and remain together all the life. They are territorial animals, they also mark their territory excrements and their pre orbital glands. It has a single young after a period of gestation of about 170 days with an approximated weight of about 700 grams.
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