Average Mass:
5 kg (11 lb)

Average Shoulder Height:
39 cm (15")

Rowland Ward:
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SCI:
6 Points

Track: 22mm (7/8") x 13mm (1/2")

Distribution is Ethiopia 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 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.