{"id":17189,"date":"2020-04-03T15:50:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T21:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denverzootemp.org\/animals\/lesser-kudu-2\/"},"modified":"2024-07-03T16:47:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T22:47:10","slug":"southern-gerenuk","status":"publish","type":"dz_animals","link":"https:\/\/denverzoo.org\/es\/animals\/southern-gerenuk\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerenuc Sure\u00f1o"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='lhl-section urbi-component urbi-component front_view lhl_comp_width_narrow lhl_spacing_t_00 lhl_spacing_b_07 lhl_spacing_l_00 lhl_spacing_r_00 section-background-t' ><div class=\"urbi-component-inner\">\n    <div class=\"is-layout-constrained\">\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Las piernas largas, el cuello largo y los ojos grandes distinguen a los gerenuks de otros ant\u00edlopes africanos. A diferencia de muchos otros herb\u00edvoros de cuatro patas, estos peque\u00f1os animales suelen cenar en equilibrio sobre sus patas traseras. Usando esta adaptaci\u00f3n, los gerenuks pueden comer hojas de lo alto de arbustos y arbustos que casi ning\u00fan otro animal puede alcanzar.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='lhl-section urbi-component urbi-component front_view lhl_spacing_t_10 lhl_spacing_b_09 lhl_spacing_l_00 lhl_spacing_r_00 section-background-t urbi-component-bg--white  bg-pattern-option1' ><div class=\"urbi-component-inner\">\n    <div class=\"is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n\n<div  class='urbi\/tiles urbi-component urbi-component front_view lhl_spacing_t_00 lhl_spacing_b_00 lhl_spacing_l_00 lhl_spacing_r_00 section-background-t' >\n<div class=\"uk-child-width-1-3@s uk-grid-match\" uk-grid>\n    \n\n\n<div>\n\n        <div  class='urbi\/tile urbi-card urbi-card--tile urbi-card--shadow-3' >\n    <div class=\"urbi-tile-inner\">\n                    <div class=\"tile-title\" style=\"background-color: #194F91\">\n                <h3 class=\"tile-title__text lhl_mb_0 uk-text-uppercase uk-text-center\" style=\"color: white\">Clasificaci\u00f3n<\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"tile-content padding-none\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>CLASE:<\/strong><\/td><td>Mammalia<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>ORDEN:<\/strong><\/td><td>Artiodactyla<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>FAMILIA:<\/strong><\/td><td>B\u00f3vidos<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>G\u00c9NERO:<\/strong><\/td><td>Litocranius<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>ESPECIES:<\/strong><\/td><td>walleri<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n\n        <div  class='urbi\/tile urbi-card urbi-card--tile urbi-card--shadow-3' >\n    <div class=\"urbi-tile-inner\">\n                    <div class=\"tile-title\" style=\"background-color: #51941C\">\n                <h3 class=\"tile-title__text lhl_mb_0 uk-text-uppercase uk-text-center\" style=\"color: white\">H\u00e1bitat y distribuci\u00f3n<\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"tile-content padding-none\">\n\n\n\n<div  class='lhl-card urbi-component urbi-component front_view lhl_comp_width_inherit lhl_spacing_t_05 lhl_spacing_b_05 lhl_spacing_l_05 lhl_spacing_r_05 section-background-t  lhl_card  lhl_card_shadow_0 lhl_card_radius_0' ><div class=\"urbi-component-inner\">\n    <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>Los gerenuks del sur viven en los pa\u00edses de \u00c1frica oriental como Kenia, Etiop\u00eda, Somalia y el noreste de Tanzania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Su h\u00e1bitat var\u00eda desde matorrales semi\u00e1ridos hasta desiertos secos. Evitan los bosques densos y los pastizales abiertos.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n\n        <div  class='urbi\/tile urbi-card urbi-card--tile urbi-card--shadow-3' >\n    <div class=\"urbi-tile-inner\">\n                    <div class=\"tile-title\" style=\"background-color: #194F91\">\n                <h3 class=\"tile-title__text lhl_mb_0 uk-text-uppercase uk-text-center\" style=\"color: white\">Localizaci\u00f3n<\/h3>\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"tile-content padding-small\">\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized wp-duotone-grayscale\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"436\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/denverzoo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/africa.png\" alt=\"Map of Africa\" class=\"wp-image-2180\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:324px;height:auto\" 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suelo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Un hocico puntiagudo y un labio superior y una lengua largos.<\/strong>&nbsp;les permite alcanzar el follaje entre arbustos y \u00e1rboles espinosos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>los&nbsp;<strong>dieta<\/strong>&nbsp;de rellenos gerenuks del sur&nbsp;<strong>pr\u00e1cticamente todas sus necesidades de agua<\/strong>, lo que les permite prosperar en arbustos espinosos secos o en h\u00e1bitats des\u00e9rticos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Son diurnos,&nbsp;<strong>activo durante el d\u00eda,<\/strong>&nbsp;cuando los depredadores son m\u00e1s f\u00e1ciles de detectar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sus&nbsp;<strong>la coloraci\u00f3n proporciona camuflaje<\/strong>&nbsp;permiti\u00e9ndoles congelarse y esconderse en los arbustos, usando sus largos cuellos para observar a los depredadores; El comportamiento de esconderse es importante porque no son corredores r\u00e1pidos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Los machos usan su&nbsp;<strong>cuernos pesados<\/strong>&nbsp;para defender sus territorios contra los machos intrusos.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='lhl-section urbi-component urbi-component front_view lhl_comp_width_narrow lhl_spacing_t_10 lhl_spacing_b_10 lhl_spacing_l_00 lhl_spacing_r_00 section-background-3' ><div class=\"urbi-component-inner\">\n    <div class=\"is-layout-constrained\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Descripci\u00f3n f\u00edsica<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Las caracter\u00edsticas m\u00e1s reconocibles de Gerenuks son piernas largas, fuertes y delgadas y cuellos largos y delgados.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miden entre 3 y 3,5 pies (90-105 cm) de altura en el hombro; oscilan entre 4,6 y 5,3 pies (140-160 cm) de largo; y pesar entre 65 y 110 libras (30-50 kg).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Los machos y las hembras son de tama\u00f1o similar, pero los machos son m\u00e1s musculosos y pesan m\u00e1s.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Solo los machos tienen cuernos grandes y estriados que se curvan hacia atr\u00e1s y hacia arriba en forma de S y var\u00edan de diez a diecisiete pulgadas (25-44 cm) de largo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Son de color marr\u00f3n claro con dorso marr\u00f3n rojizo y partes inferiores blancas; sus hocicos, ojos y el interior de sus grandes orejas est\u00e1n bordeados de blanco; sus abrigos son cortos y brillantes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='lhl-section urbi-component urbi-component front_view lhl_spacing_t_10 lhl_spacing_b_10 lhl_spacing_l_00 lhl_spacing_r_00 section-background-t' ><div class=\"urbi-component-inner\">\n    <div class=\"is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n\n<div  class='lhl-card urbi-component urbi-component front_view lhl_comp_width_narrow lhl_spacing_t_09 lhl_spacing_b_09 lhl_spacing_l_00 lhl_spacing_r_00 section-background-t  lhl_card  lhl_card_shadow_3 lhl_card_radius_0' ><div class=\"urbi-component-inner\">\n    <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dieta<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00bfQu\u00e9 come?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>En la naturaleza:<\/strong><br>Los gerenuks son navegadores que comen una variedad de hojas tiernas, brotes, frutas, flores y capullos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>En el zool\u00f3gico:<\/strong><br>Heno de alfalfa, grano de herb\u00edvoros silvestres, ramoneo (plantas) y productos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00bfQu\u00e9 se lo come?<\/strong><br>Todos los carn\u00edvoros de la sabana africana, incluidos leones, guepardos, hienas y perros salvajes, cazan gerenuks. Los humanos los han cazado para alimentarse.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n\r\n<div  class='lhl-text-and-image urbi-component urbi-component front_view lhl_comp_width_inherit lhl_spacing_t_10 lhl_spacing_b_10 lhl_spacing_l_00 lhl_spacing_r_00 section-background-t' >\r\n<div class=\"urbi-component-inner\">\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"text_and_image_comp_inner lhl_grid_default lhl_grid uk-grid-match\" uk-grid>\r\n\r\n                <div class=\"lhl_grid_col lhl-text-and-image__col-img lhl_width_1_2@m\">\r\n\r\n            \r\n                \r\n                                    <div class=\"default-image-container\">\r\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"578\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/denverzoo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/gerenuk4.jpg\" class=\"urbi-img img-class\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/denverzoo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/gerenuk4.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/denverzoo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/gerenuk4-220x145.jpg 220w, https:\/\/denverzoo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/gerenuk4-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/denverzoo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/gerenuk4-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/>                                            <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                \r\n            \r\n            \r\n                    <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <div class=\"lhl_grid_col lhl-text-and-image__col-text lhl_width_1_2@m\">\r\n            <div class=\"lhl-text-and-image__col-text-inner lhl_spacing_03\" style=\"\">\r\n                <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Organizaci\u00f3n social<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Los gerenuks viven en peque\u00f1os grupos de diez individuos o menos, generalmente formados por hembras y sus machos j\u00f3venes o subadultos. Los machos adultos son solitarios excepto durante el apareamiento. Establecen territorios que marcan con secreciones glandulares y orina. Parecen defender sus territorios s\u00f3lo de los machos j\u00f3venes. Otros machos y hembras dominantes con cr\u00edas deambulan libremente por las zonas marcadas.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='lhl-section urbi-component urbi-component front_view lhl_comp_width_narrow lhl_spacing_t_10 lhl_spacing_b_10 lhl_spacing_l_00 lhl_spacing_r_00 section-background-3' ><div class=\"urbi-component-inner\">\n    <div class=\"is-layout-constrained\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ciclo vital<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Los gerenuks se reproducen durante todo el a\u00f1o. Los machos son polig\u00ednicos y se aparean con varias hembras. Como muchas especies de ant\u00edlopes, los machos de gerenuks miden la disposici\u00f3n de las hembras para aparearse olfateando su orina. Una vez que una hembra est\u00e1 lista para aparearse, el macho la marca con secreciones de las gl\u00e1ndulas odor\u00edferas debajo de los ojos y la sigue de cerca, pate\u00e1ndola repetidamente antes de aparearse. Despu\u00e9s de un per\u00edodo de gestaci\u00f3n de unos siete meses, las hembras dan a luz a una cr\u00eda; los gemelos son raros. Los reci\u00e9n nacidos pueden caminar a los pocos minutos de nacer, pero permanecen escondidos entre el follaje durante las primeras semanas mientras su madre busca comida. Comienzan a comer hojas tiernas cuando tienen s\u00f3lo unas pocas semanas de edad, pero contin\u00faan amamant\u00e1ndose durante muchos meses. Las hembras son destetadas aproximadamente al a\u00f1o de edad y los machos aproximadamente a los dieciocho meses. Alcanzan la madurez sexual aproximadamente a la edad del destete. La esperanza de vida en su rango hist\u00f3rico es de diez a doce a\u00f1os. Bajo el cuidado humano, viven un poco m\u00e1s.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":17223,"template":"","class_list":["post-17189","dz_animals","type-dz_animals","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","animal_class-mammals"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/denverzoo.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dz_animals\/17189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/denverzoo.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dz_animals"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/denverzoo.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dz_animals"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denverzoo.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/denverzoo.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17189"}],"curies":[{"name":"gracias","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}