Editing Lesser kudu (section)

===Diet===
[[File:Lesser Kudu Female.jpg|thumbnail|Feeding female and juvenile]]
A pure browser, the lesser kudu feeds on foliage from bushes and trees (shoots, twigs) and herbs.<ref name=adw/> It also eats flowers and fruits if available, and takes small proportions of grasses, usually in the wet season. Despite seasonal and local variations, foliage from trees and shrubs constitutes 60-80% of the diet throughout the year. Foliage from creepers and vines (such as ''Thunbergia guerkeana'' and some species of [[Cucurbitaceae]] and [[Convulvulaceae]]) forms 15-25% of the diet in the wet season. Fruits are consumed mainly in the dry season. [[Olfactory]] searching, much in the same posture as grazing, is used to find fallen fruits (such as ''Melia volkensii'' and ''[[Acacia tortilis]]''), while small fruits (such as ''[[Commiphora]]'' species) are directly plucked from trees. The size and structure of its stomach also suggests its primary dependence on browse.<ref name=kingdon/>

The lesser kudu browses primarily at dusk or dawn, or nocturnally, <ref name=mitchell/> and is sometimes associated with [[gerenuk]] and the [[impala]].<ref name=kingdon/> The lesser kudu and the gerenuk might compete for evergreen species in the dry season.<ref name=kingdon/> However, unlike the long-necked gerenuk, the lesser kudu rarely consumes ''[[Acacia]]'' species, and does not stand on its hindlegs while feeding.<ref name=estes/> The lesser kudu likewise does not have a great requirement for water, and can thrive in arid environments<ref name=adw/> as it is able to extract sufficient moisture from [[Succulent plant|succulent plants]], such as the leaves of wild [[sisal]] and ''[[Sansevieria]]'' ('snake-plants', genus ''[[Dracaena (plant)|Dracaena]]''), and certain species of the poisonous [[Euphorbiaceae]] family; it drinks water readily when rains come or when sources are available.<ref name=kingdon/><ref name=estes/>