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title: "Kudu wielkie"
description: "Tragelaphus strepsiceros — Ssaki. The greater kudu is a large woodland antelope, found throughout eastern and southern Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/greater-kudu
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kudu wielkie

> Tragelaphus strepsiceros — Ssaki. The greater kudu is a large woodland antelope, found throughout eastern and southern Africa.

- Scientific name: *Tragelaphus strepsiceros*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 12062
- Wikidata: [Q139487](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139487)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42339](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42339)

## Names

- en: Greater Kudu
- de: Großer Kudu
- es: Gran Kudú
- fr: Grand Koudou
- it: Cudù maggiore
- nl: Grote koedoe
- pt: Cudo
- pl: Kudu wielkie

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (7270), NA (1470), BW (1089), ZW (406), KE (228), ZM (217), MW (191), TZ (159), MZ (92), SZ (37), TD (21), ET (20)

## Summary

The greater kudu is a large woodland antelope, found throughout eastern and southern Africa. Despite occupying such widespread territory, they are sparsely populated in most areas due to declining habitat, deforestation, and poaching. The greater kudu is one of two species commonly known as kudu, the other being the lesser kudu, T. imberbis.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_kudu

## Photo

![Kudu wielkie](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/greater-kudu/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben Keen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193007293

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/greater-kudu?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).