Lengau

Lengau ( Panthera pardus ) ke lengwe la mefuta e metlhano ya dikatse tse di sa ntseng di le teng mo losikeng lwa Panthera . E na le boboa jo bo serolwana jo bo bosetlha go ya go mmala wa gauta o o fifetseng ka marontho a mantsho a a kgobokantsweng ka di rosete . Mmele wa yone o mosesane e bile o na le mesifa, o fitlha go boleele jwa dikilometara di le masome a robongwe le boraro go fitlha go lekgolo le bone ka ura (dimaele di le masome a matlhano le borobedi go fitlha go masome a marataro le botlhano ka oura) ka mogatla o moleele wa 66–102 disentimetara (26-40 mo) le bogodimo jwa magetla jwa 60–70 disentimetara (24-28 mo). Banna gantsi ba bokete 30.9–72 dikilogerama di le (68-159 lb), mme tse di namagadi di bokete jwa diikilogerama di le 20.5–43 (45-95 lb) .
Lengau le ne la tlhalosiwa la ntlha ka gwaga wa sekete, makgolo a supa le masome a matlhano le borobabobbedi (1758), mme go ne ga tshitshinngwa mefutapotlana e le mmalwa mo lekgolong la bolesome le borobabongwe le la bo masome a mabedi la dingwaga. Gompieno, mefutapotlana e le robedi mo mefuteng ya lone e e anameng mo Aforika le Asia . E ne ya tlhagelela kwa tshimologong mo Aforika ka nako yaPleistocene ya Pele, pele e fudugela kwa Eurasia go dikologa phetogo ya Pleistocene ya Pele– Bogare . Dingau di ne di le teng go ralala Yuropa, mme di ne tdi a nyelela mo kgaolong eo kwa bokhutlong jwa Pleistocene ya Bofelo - Holocene ya tshimologo .
Lengau le tlwaetse mefuta e e farologaneng go simolola ka dikgwa tsa pula go ya nageng, go akaretsa le mafelo a a omileng le a dithaba . Ke sebatana se se jang ditshedi tse dingwe, se se batlang tshono, se tsoma bontsi diphologolo tse di nang le dinala di le primate . E ikaegile ka mokgwa wa yone o o marontho go iphitlha fa e ntse e tlhotlhora le go lalela phologolo ya yone, e ka dinako tse dingwe e e gogang kwa godimo ga setlhare. Ke phologolo e e nnang e le nosi kwa ntle ga paka ya tsadiso le fa e godisa bana. Dinamagadi gantsi di tsala letsopa la dipotsane di le 2-4 gangwe mo dikgweding di le 15-24. Mangau a a tona le a a mamagadi ka bobedi gantsi a fitlhelela bogolo jwa thobalano fa a le ka dingwaga di le 2–2.5.
E kwadilwe jaaka e e Kotsi mo Lenaaneng le Lehibidu la IUCN, dipalopalo tsa lengau ga jaana di tshosediwa ke tatlhegelo ya bonno le go kgaogana, mme di a fokotsega mo dikarolong tse dikgolo tsa lefatshe. Dingau di nnile le dikarolo tsa setso kwa Gerika wa Bogologolo, Aforika Bophirima le setso sa segompieno sa Bophirima . Matlalo a lengau a tumile mo fesheneng.
Thuto ya mafoko
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Leina la Seesemane "lengau" le tswa mo Sefora sa bogologolo leupart kgotsa liepart ya Sefora sa Bogare, se se tswang mo lengau la Selatine le Segerika sa bogologolo λεόπαρδος ( leopardos ) . Leopardos e ka nna motswako wa λέων ( tau ), e e kayang ' , le πάρδος ( pardos ), e e kayang ' . [1] [2] [3] Lefoko λεόπαρδος kwa tshimologong le ne le kaya lengau ( Acinonyx jubatus ) . [4]
"Panther" ke leina le lengwe le le tlwaelegileng, leina la kakaretso la panther le simolotse mo puong ya Segerika sa bogologolo πάνθηρ ( pánthēr ); [1] Leina le le tlwaelegileng la Panthera le simologile mo puong ya Selatine panthera, letlowa la go tsoma la go tshwara dibatana le le neng le tla dirisiwa ke Baroma fa ba lwa. [5] Pardus ke sebopego sa bongwe sa bonna . [6]
Thulaganyo ya ditshedi
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Ka ngwaga wa sekete, makgolo a supa le masome a supa le bosupa (1777), Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber o ne a tlhalosa lengau a ikaegile ka letlalo la Kapa ya Tsholofelo e e Molemo mme a le naya leina la saense la Felis jubatus.[7] Joshua Brookes o ne a tshitshinya leina la kakaretso la Acinonyx ka nwaga wa sekete, makgolo a robabobedi le masome a mabedi le borobabobedi (1828).[8]Ka ngwaga wa sekete, makgolo a robabongwe le lesome le bosupa (1917), Reginald Innes Pocock o ne a baya lengau mo lelapeng le lennye la yona, Acinonychinae,ka ntlha ya go tshwana ga yona go go kgatlhang ga popego le lengau le go fapoga go go bonalang mo diponagalong tse di tlwaelegileng tsa felid; lengau le ne la bewa mo setlhopheng sa Felinae mo dipoeletsong tsa moragonyana tsa thulaganyo ya ditshedi.[9]
Mo lekgolong la lesome le borobabongwe le la masome a mabedi la dingwaga, go ne ga tlhalosiwa dikai di le mmalwa tsa diphologolo tsa lengau; dingwe di ne tsa tshitshinngwa jaaka mefutapotlana.[10]Sekao sa lefatshe la Aforikaborwa se se nang le boboa jo bo kitlaneng thata se ne sa tshitshinngwa jaaka (Felis lanea) ke Philip Sclater ka ngwaga wa sekete, makgolo a robabobedi le masome a supa le bosupa (1877) mme sa itsege jaaka "lengau la boboa".Go tlhaolwa ga yona jaaka mofuta go ne ga ganetsanwa thata.[11]Go nnile le tlhakatlhakano e kgolo mo lenaaneng la maina a lengau le lengau (Panthera pardus) jaaka fa gantsi bakwadi ba ne ba tlhakanya bobedi jo; bangwe ba ne ba tsaya "lengau le le tsomang" e le mofuta o o ikemetseng, kgotsa o o lekanang le lengau.[12][13]
Mofutapotlana
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Ka ngwaga wa sekete, makgolo a robabongwe le masome a supa le botlhano (1975), mefutapotlana e le metlhano ya Mangau e ne ya tsewa jaaka di-taxa tse di amogelesegang: A. j. heki, A. j. tlhogo, A. j. pula, A. j. bangwe le A. j. methapo.[14]Ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le lesome le motso (2011), thutopatlisiso ya phylogeographic e fitlhetse pharologano e nnye ya dijini magareng ga A. j. jubatus le A. j. pula; ke mefutapotlana e le mene fela e e neng ya supiwa.[15]Ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le lesome supa (2017), Setlhopha sa Tiro sa Tlhaoloso ya Dikatse sa Setlhopha sa Baitseanape ba Dikatse sa IUCN se ne sa tlhabolola taxonomy ya felid mme sa lemoga gore mefutapotlana eno e mene e a dira. Dintlha tsa tsone di kwadilwe fa tlase fano:[14]
Faelojene le Tshimologo
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Dilosika tse di gaufi thata tsa lengau ke cougar (Puma concolor) le jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi).[14]Mmogo, mefuta eno e meraro e bopa losika lwa Puma, nngwe ya masika a le robedi a di-felid tse di setseng di le teng; losika lwa Puma lo ne lwa fapoga ka dijini mo go tse dingwe dingwaga di le didikadike di le borataro ntlha supa tse di fetileng. Setlhopha sa bokgaitsadi sa losika lwa Puma ke setlhopha sa dikatse tse dinnye tsa Lefatshe la Bogologolo tse di akaretsang mefuta ya Felis, Otocolobus le Prionailurus.[16]
Difosili tsa bogologolo go gaisa tsa lengau, tse di epolotsweng kwa botlhaba le borwa jwa Afrika, ke tsa dingwaga di le dimilione di le tharo le sephato go ya go di le tharo tse di fetileng; sekai sa ntlha se se itsegeng go tswa kwa Aforika Borwa se tswa kwa dipeeletso tse di kwa tlase thata tsa Silberberg Grotto (Sterkfontein).[3][17] Le fa di sa felela, masaledi ano a supa dipopego tse dikgolo mme di sa tlhomama thata jaaka lengau la segompieno.Go tlhagelela ga ntlha ga mofuta wa segompieno wa A. jubatus mo Aforika go ka tswa mo Cooper's D, lefelo mo Aforika Borwa le le simolotseng dingwaga di le dimilione di le 1.5 go ya go di le 1.4 tse di fetileng, ka nako ya kgato ya Calabrian.[18]Masalela a masaledi a dilo tse di epolotsweng go tswa kwa Yuropa a lekanyeditswe go disampole di le mmalwa tsa Pleistocene ya Bogare go tswa kwa Hundsheim (Austria) le Mosbach Sands (Jeremane).Dikatse tse di tshwanang le legau di itsege go tloga morago ga dingwaga di le 10 000 tse di fetileng go tswa kwa Lefatsheng la Bogologolo. Lengau le legolo (A. pardinensis), le legolo thata e bile le le bonya fa le bapisiwa le lengau la segompieno, le ne la tlhagelela kwa Eurasia le kwa botlhaba le kwa borwa jwa Aforika mo pakeng ya Villafranchian mo e ka nnang dingwaga di le dimilione di le 3.8 go ya go di le 1.9 tse di fetileng.[19] Mo Pleistocene ya Bogare lengau le lennye, A. intermedius, le ne le simolola kwa Yuropa go ya kwa China.[3]Lengau ya segompieno e ne ya tlhagelela mo Aforika dingwaga di ka nna dimilione di le 1.9 tse di fetileng; rekoto ya yone ya masaledi a dilo tse di epolotsweng e mo Aforika fela.[20]
Dikatse tse di sa tlholeng di le teng tse di tshwanang le Mangau tsa Amerika Bokone di ne di tlhaotswe mo hisitoring ka Felis, Puma kgotsa Acinonyx; mefuta e mebedi e e ntseng jalo, F. studeri le F. trumani, e ne e tsewa e le gaufi le puma go feta lengau, le fa e ne e tshwana thata le ya morago. Fa a lemoga se, moithuta-dilo tsa bogologolo Daniel Adams o ne a tshitshinya Miracinonyx, mofuta o mošwa o o ka fa tlase ga Acinonyx, ka ngwaga wa sekete,makgolo a robabongwe le masome a supa le borobabongwe (1979) wa dikatse tse di tshwanang le Mangau tsa Amerika Bokone;[21]seno moragonyana se ne sa tlhatlosiwa go nna mo maemong a mofuta.[22]Adams o supile gore dikatse tse di tshwanang le lengau tsa Amerika Bokone le tsa Lefatshe la Bogologolo di ka tswa di nnile le mogologolwane yo o tshwanang, mme Acinonyx e ka tswa e simolotse kwa Amerika Bokone go na le kwa Eurasia.[22]Le fa go ntse jalo, dipatlisiso tse di latelang di bontshitse gore Miracinonyx e gaufi le cougar ka phylogenetic go feta lengau;[23]go tshwana le Mangau go ile ga amana le thutotlhagelelo e e bapileng.
Mefuta e meraro ya losika lwa Puma e ka tswa e nnile le mogologolwane yo o tshwanang ka nako ya Miocene, mo e ka nnang dingwaga di le dimilione di le 8.25 tse di fetileng.[23] Bangwe ba akantsha gore Mangau tsa Amerika Bokone di ka tswa di ne tsa fudugela kwa Asia ka Bering Strait, morago ga moo tsa phatlalala kwa borwa go ya kwa Afrika ka Eurasia bonnye dingwaga di le 100,000 tse di fetileng;[24]bakwadi bangwe ba tlhagisitse pelaelo ka ga go nna teng ga Mangau tsa segompieno kwa Asia Bokone go ya kwa Asia Bokone, batho ba ba neng ba feleletsa ba aname le kwa Aforika.[25] akanngwa gore lengau le itemogetse dithibelo tse pedi tsa palo ya batho tse di neng tsa fokotsa thata go farologana ga dijini mo dipalopalong; e nngwe e diragetse dingwaga di ka nna dikete tse lekgolo tse di fetileng e e ntseng e amana le go fuduga go tswa kwa Amerika Bokone go ya kwa Asia, mme ya bobedi dingwaga di le 10,000–12,000 tse di fetileng kwa Aforika, gongwe jaaka karolo ya tiragalo ya go nyelela ga Late Pleistocene.[26]
Dijini
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Palo ya dikhoromosome tsa diploid mo lengau ke masome amarao le borobabobedi , e tshwana le mo di-felid tse dingwe tse dintsi.[27]lengau e ne e le felid ya ntlha e e lemogilweng e na le pharologano e e kwa tlase ya dijini mo bathong,e e dirileng gore e se ka ya tsala sentle mo botshwarong, go oketsega ga diphoso tsa spermatozoal, dintsho tse di kwa godimo tsa bana le go tlhaselwa ke malwetse le ditshwaetso go go oketsegileng.[28] Sekai se se tlhageletseng e ne e le go runya ga mogare wa corona o o bolayang wa dikatse kwa lefelong la tsadiso ya ditshenekegi kwa Wildlife Safari kwa Winston, Oregon ka ngwaga wa sekete, makgolo a robabongwe le masome a robabobedi le borarao (1983) o o neng o na le seelo sa dintsho sa 60%, se se kwa godimo go feta se se kwadilweng mo di-epizootic tse di fetileng tsa peritonitis e e tshelanwang ya ditshenekegi mo ditsheding dipe fela.[29]Go tshwana go go gakgamatsang mo dijining tsa lengau go bontshitswe ke ditekelelo tse di akaretsang setlhopha se segolo sa histocompatibility (MHC); ntle le fa dijini tsa MHC di tshwana thata mo bathong, di-graft tsa letlalo tse di ananngwang fa gare ga para ya batho ba ba sa amaneng di ne di tla ganwa. Di-graft tsa letlalo tse di ananngwang magareng ga Mangau tse di sa amaneng di amogelwa sentle le go fola, jaaka e kete popego ya tsona ya dijini e a tshwana.[30]
Go akanngwa gore go farologana go go kwa tlase ga dijini go tlhodilwe ke dikgoreletsi tse pedi tsa baagi go tswa dingwaga di ka nna dikete di le lekgolo le dingwaga di ka nna dikete tse lesome le bobedi tse di fetileng, ka go latelana.[24]Selekanyo sa pharologano ya dijini se se tlholang se ka nna 0.1–4% ya mefuta e e tshelang e e magareng, e e kwa tlase ga ya bodimona ba Tasmania, digorila tsa Virunga, dinkwe tsa Amur, le e leng dikatse le dintša tsa mo gae tse di tsaletsweng thata.[27]
Kgosi lengau
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Kgosi lengau ke mofuta wa lengau o o nang le phetogo e e sa tlwaelegang ya boboa jwa mmala wa tranelate jo bo tshwailweng ka mabala a magolo, a a nang le marontho le methalo e meraro e mentsho, e e bulegileng e e tswang mo molaleng go ya kwa mogatleng.[31] Kwa Manicaland, kwa Zimbabwe, e ne e itsege jaaka nsuifisi mme go ne go akanngwa gore ke sefapaano magareng ga lengau le tshephe.[32]Ka ngwaga wa sekete,makgolo a robabongwe le masome a mabedi le borataro (1926), Major A. Cooper o ne a kwala ka phologolo e e tshwanang le lengau e a neng a e thuntshitse gaufi le Harare ya segompieno, e e nang le boboa jo bokima jaaka jwa lengau la kapoko le marontho a a neng a kopana go dira methalo. O ne a akantsha gore e ka nna sefapaano magareng ga lengau . Fa go ntse go lemogiwa batho ba le bantsi ba ba ntseng jalo go ne ga bonwa gore di na le manala a a sa gogelweng morago jaaka lengau.[33]
Ka ngwaga wa sekete,makgolo a robabongwe le masome a mabedi le bosupa (1927), Pocock o ne a tlhalosa batho bano jaaka mofuta o mošwa o o bidiwang Acinonyx rex ("lengau la kgosi").[34] Le fa go ntse jalo, ka go tlhoka bosupi jo bo tshegetsang se a neng a se bua, o ne a gogela morago tshitshinyo ya gagwe ka ngwaga wa sekete, makgolo a robabongwe le masome a mararo le borobabongwe (1939). Abel Chapman o ne a e tsaya e le mmala wa lengau le le nang le marontho ka tlwaelo.[35]Fa e sale ka ngwaga wa sekete, makgolo a robabongwe le masome a mabedi le bosupa (1927), lengau la kgosi le begilwe makgetlo a mangwe gape a le matlhano kwa nageng kwa Zimbabwe, Botswana le kwa bokone jwa Teransefala; e nngwe e ne ya tsewa senepe ka ngwaga wa sekete, makgolo a robabongwe le masome a supa le botlhano (1975)[36].
Ka ngwaga wa 1981, Mangau di le pedi tse di namagadi tse di neng di nyalane le e tonanyana ya naga go tswa kwa Teransefala kwa De Wildt lengau and Wildlife Center (Aforika Borwa) di ne tsa tsala king lengau e le nngwe nngwe le nngwe ya tsone; morago ga moo, go ne ga tsholwa Mangau tse dingwe tsa kgosi kwa bogareng.[37]Ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le lesome le bobedi (2012), se se bakileng mokgwa ono wa kobo se ne sa fitlhelwa e le phetogo ya dijini tsa aminopeptidase ya transmembrane (Taqpep), e leng yone jini e e ikarabelang mo mofuteng wa "mackerel" o o methalo fa o bapisiwa le wa "classic" o o nang le mabala o o bonwang mo dikatseng tsa tabby.Ponagalo e bakwa ke go nonotshiwa ga allele e e sa tlholeng e le teng; ka jalo fa Mangau tse pedi tse di nyalanang e le ditshodi tsa heterozygous tsa allele e e fetotsweng, kotara ya bana ba tsone e ka lebelelwa go nna Mangau tsa kgosi.[38]
Dipharolonyo
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Lengau ke katse e e mosesane, e e marontho e e tlhaolwang ka tlhogo e nnye, e e tlhomameng, nko e khutshwane, methalo e mentsho ya sefatlhego e e tshwanang le dikeledi, sehuba se se boteng, ditokololo tse ditelele le mogatla o moleele. Sebopego sa yona se se sesane, se se tshwanang le sa canid se siametse go taboga thata, mme se farologana thata le mmele o mogolo wa maloko a mofuta wa Panthera le di-cougar.[10] Mangau ka tlwaelo a fitlha go 67–94 cm (2.20–3.08 ft) mo legetleng mme boleele jwa tlhogo le mmele bo fa gare ga 1.1 le 1.5 m (3 ft 7 in le 4 ft 11 in).[8] Bokete bo ka farologana go ya ka dingwaga, boitekanelo, lefelo, bong le mofutapotlana; bagolo ka tlwaelo ba fa gare ga dikilogerama di le masome a mabedi le bongwe le masome a marataro le botlhano (46 le 143 lb).[39] Dipotsane tse di tsholetsweng kwa nageng di bokete jwa lekgolo le masome a matlhano go ya kwa makgolong a mararo g (5.3–10.6 oz) fa di tsalwa, fa tse di tsholetsweng mo botshwarong di na le go nna dikgolo mme di bokete jo bo ka nnang ka makgolo a matlhano g (18 oz).[10] lengau e na le dipopego tse pedi tsa thobalano; tse di namagadi di dinnye go feta tse ditonanyana ka palogare.[39]Dithuto di farologana thata ka dipharologano tsa popego mo gare ga mefutapotlana.[39]
Jase ya lengau gantsi e mmala o mohibidu go ya go bosweu jo bo lebebe kgotsa e e bosetlha, mme e le ntsho mo karolong e e fa gare ya mokwatla.[8] Seledu, mometso le dikarolo tse di kwa tlase tsa maoto le mpa di tshweu mme ga di na matshwao. Mmele otlhe o khurumeditswe ke mabala a mantsho a a ka nnang dikete tse pedi a a katoganeng ka go lekana, a a tshesane kgotsa a a kgolokwe, lengwe le lengwe le lekana le bokana ka boraro go ya kwa botlhanong jwa diicm (1.2–2.0 in).[31]lengau nngwe le nngwe e na le mokgwa o o farologaneng wa mabala a a ka dirisiwang go supa batho ba ba kgethegileng.Kwa ntle ga mabala a a bonalang sentle, go na le matshwao a mangwe a mantsho a a bonalang sentle, a a sa tlhomamang mo jaseng.Dipotsane tse di sa tswang go tsalwa di khurumeditswe ke boboa jo bo nang le mabala a a sa bonaleng sentle a a dirang gore di lebege di le dintsho—di le bosweu jo bo bosetlha kwa godimo mme di batla di le ntsho ka fa tlase.[24] Moriri o mokhutshwane thata mme gantsi o makgwakgwa, fela sehuba le mpa di khurumeditswe ke boboa jo bo boleta; boboa jwa di-king lengau bo begilwe bo le silika.[8]o na le moriri o mokhutshwane, o o makgwakgwa, o o akaretsang bonnye 8 cm (3.1 in) go bapa le molala le magetla; ntlha eno e bonala thata mo banneng. Moriri o simolola e le kepisi ya moriri o moleele, o o sa gagamalang o o pududu go ya go o mopududu mo ditsheding tse dinnye.[29]mangau a nang le mmala o mohibidu ga di bonwe thata mme di bonwe kwa Zambia le Zimbabwe.Ka ngwaga wa sekete, makgolo a robabobedi le masome a supa le bosupa (1877) go fitlhela ngwaga wa 1878, disampole tse pedi tsa bontlhabongwe jwa albino go tswa kwa Aforika Borwa di ne tsa tlhalosiwa.[34] Lengau la tabby le ne la tsewa senepe kwa Kenya ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le lesome le bobedi (2012).
Mangau a Sahara a na le difatlhego tse di sesane tse di tshwanang le tsa canid. Ditsebe di dinnye, di dikhutshwane e bile di kgolokwe; di tawny kwa tlase le mo dintlheng mme di tshwailwe ka mabala a mantsho mo mokwatleng. Matlho a beilwe kwa godimo mme a na le matlho a a kgolokwe.[29]Methalo e e bonalang ya dikeledi e tlhomologile mo lengau mme e simolola kwa dikhutlong tsa matlho mme e tabogela kwa tlase mo nkong go ya kwa molomong. Seabe sa methalo e ga se a tlhaloganngwa sentle, e ka sireletsa matlho mo go phatsimeng ga letsatsi kgotsa e ka dirisiwa go tlhalosa dipopego tsa sefatlhego.Ditedu, tse dikhutshwane e bile di le dinnye go feta tsa di-felid tse dingwe, di dintle e bile ga di bonale. Mogatla o moleele, o o nang le setlhopha se se tshweu se se tlhaga kwa bokhutlong, o lekanya 60–80 cm (24–31 in).[29]Fa peditharong ya ntlha ya mogatla e khurumeditswe ke mabala, nngwetharong ya bofelo e tshwailwe ka dipalamonwana tse nne go ya go tse thataro tse dintsho kgotsa methalo.
Le fa e tshwana fa o e leba la ntlha, lengau le na le di-rosette mo boemong jwa mabala mme ga le na methalo ya dikeledi.[35]Serval le yona e tshwana le lengau, fela mabala a yona a kopana go bopa methalo mo mokwatleng.
Thulaganyo ya ka fa gare ga mmele
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Lengau e na le fisioloji e e kgethegileng ya go taboga; mesifa ya yona ya serope e bokete ka 50% go feta ka fa go bonelwang pele ka teng mo diamusi tse di nang le maoto a mane tsa bokete jo bo tshwanang jwa mmele, fa ya tau kgotsa nkwe e atamela se se bonelwang pele mo boketeng jwa mmele wa tsona.[40]E na le ditlhale tsa mesifa tsa mofuta wa IIx tsa 50.1% mo ditokololong tsa kwa morago, 40% mo molaleng le mo kutu, le 36% mo ditokololong tsa kwa pele.Disele tsa Betz mo cortex ya motheo ya motsamao di dikgolo thata go ya ka bokete jwa boboko jwa tsone mme di tla tsenya ditlhale tse dintsi tsa mesifa ya mofuta wa IIx le mesifa e megolo ya motsamao.[41]lengau ga e kgone go dirisa okosejene ka selekanyo se se tshwanang le sa diamusi tse dingwe; bolumu ya yona ya mitochondrial e emela fela 3.7% ya bolumu yotlhe ya ditlhale tsa mesifa, fa e bapisiwa le 6.5–10.7% mo dintšeng le mo diponeng.[42]
Lengau e na le di-sinus tse dikgolo go gaisa tsotlhe mo di-felid, tse di ka e thusang go tsidifatsa mowa o e o hemang.[43] Palogare ya themphereitšha ya Mangau a le mmalwa a lekanyeditsweng morago ga go tsoma ke 38.6 °C (101.5 °F), se se supang gore go itshidila mmele thata ga go bake go gotela go feta selekanyo.[44]
Manala a a kobegileng go se kae a makhutshwane e bile a tlhamaletse go feta a dikatse tse dingwe, ga a na kgapetla e e sireletsang mme a kgona go gogela morago ka bontlhabongwe.[29]Go gogela morago go go lekanyeditsweng ga manala go ka tswa go bakilwe ke go kgaolwa ga lerapo la phalanx le le fa gare la lengau pelenyana.[33]Manala a botlhofo ka ntlha ya go tlhoka tshireletso.[38]Mme lenala la monyo le legolo le le kobegileng thata le bogale.Lengau le na le mesifa e megolo go gaisa e e gogelang magetla morago, e e atolosang magetla le e e atolosang sekgono mo gare ga di-felid.
Katoloso ya kgato ya yona e tla thata mo go obegeng ga lerapo la mokwatla pele ga maoto a itaya fa fatshe ka nako ya dikgato tsa go emisiwa ga mowa. Boleele jwa kutu ya yona e e obegileng bo emela fela 67% ya boleele jwa kutu ya yona e e atolositsweng, fa e bapisiwa le 80–90% ya pitse.[45]Kgaolo ya lumbar ya lengau ke yone e telele go gaisa mo diamusi tse di jang nama, e e dirang halofo ya boleele jo bo kopaneng jwa dikgaolo tsa sehuba le tsa lerapo la mokwatla wa yone.[46]
Mogatla wa lengau ga o dire jaaka tekatekano, ka o emela fela 2% ya bokete jwa mmele wa yona, ka jalo ga o neele motsotso o o botlhokwa wa go sa dire sepe.Mogatla wa lengau o dira jaaka lefetlho, ka boboa jo bokima bo oketsa lefelo la yona le le nang le matswela ka 40%, ka jalo bo oketsa kgogedi ya maatla a mowa.Mogatla o dira metsamao ya go dikologa e e ka fitlhelelang lebelo la dikhutlo la 17–22 radians ka motsotswana le dikhutlo tsa 90°.[47]
Legata le le ka nnang khutlotharo le na le marapo a a botlhofo, a a tshesane, mme tlhogo ya sagittal ga e a tlhabologa sentle, gongwe e le go fokotsa bokete le go tokafatsa lobelo. Molomo ga o ka ke wa bulwa thata jaaka mo dikatseng tse dingwe ka ntlha ya boleele jo bokhutshwane jwa mesifa fa gare ga motlhagare le legata.[34]
Lobelo
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Lengau ke phologolo e e bofefo go gaisa tsotlhe mo lefatsheng, e e kgonang go feta di-pronghorn le di-antelope tse di bofefo, le fa di na le tlhogo ya 137 m (449 ft).[48] Mangau a kgona go feta di-greyhound bonolo mo lobelong.[37]Palo e e tlwaelegileng ya 114 km/h (71 mph) e nyatsegile ka ntlha ya mokgwa o o sa siamang wa go lekanya.[82] Lobelo lo lo kwa godimo lo lo begilweng lo lo ikanyegang lwa go taboga ke 104 km/h (65 mph).[42] Lobelo lwa 100.1 km/h (62.2 mph) le lone lo begilwe ka tsela e e ikanyegang.Lengau la dingwaga di le lesome le motso go tswa kwa Serapeng sa Diphologolo sa Cincinnati le ne la tlhoma rekoto ka go taboga ka lobelo lo lo kwa godimo lwa 98 km/h (61 mph).[49]
Mangau tse di tsenngwang dikholara tsa GPS di ne di tsomiwa ka lobelo lo lo kwa tlase ga lobelo lo lo kwa godimo lo lo neng lo fitlhelelwa; palogare ya lebelo la go taboga le le kwadilweng ka nako ya go tsoma e ne e le 54 km/h (34 mph), fa lebelo le le kwa godimo le le kwadilweng e ne e le 93 km/h (58 mph).[50]Lengau e dirisa lebelo la yona le le kwa godimo la go taboga fela go tswala sekgala le phofu mo moleng o o tlhamaletseng, morago ga moo e latela gaufi ka nako ya go sokologa ga 3–4 ka zigzag e phofu e e dirang fa e leka go tshaba.[39] Lobelo lwa go feta lekgolo (100 km/h (62 mph) lo lo fitlhelelwang ke lengau lo feta lo lo fitlhelelwang ka tlwaelo ke di-pronghorn le diphokojwe tse di bofefo ka 80 km/h (50 mph).Mme lengau le na le lobelo lo lo sa tlwaelegang, go tswa go 0 go ya go 97 km/h (0 go ya go 60 mph) mo metsotswaneng e e kwa tlase ga e le 3.[43]Go bapisa, dipitse tsa polo di kgona go tsamaya go tswa go 0 go ya go 36 km/h (0 go ya go 22 mph) mo metsotswaneng e le 3.6.[37]
Kgato e le nngwe ya lengau le le tabogang e lekanya dimetara di le nne go ya go di le 7 (13 go ya go di le 23 ft); boleele jwa kgato le palo ya ditlolo di oketsega ka lobelo.Metsamao ya kholomo ya lerapo la mokwatla e ka oketsa boleele jwa kgato ka bokana ka 76 cm (2.49 ft).[51]Go fopholeditswe gore lengau ka lobelo lo lo feletseng le ka tsaya dikgato di le nne ka motsotswana.Mo nakong e e fetang halofo ya nako ya go taboga, lengau le na le maoto otlhe a mane mo moweng, go oketsa boleele jwa kgato.[52]
Phatlalatso le bonno
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Kwa botlhaba le kwa borwa jwa Aforika, lengau le tlhagelela thata mo di-savanna tse di jaaka Kalahari le Serengeti. Mo bogareng, bokone le bophirima jwa Afrika, e nna mo dithabeng tse di omileng le mo mekgatšheng; mo tlelaemeteng e e makgwakgwa ya Sahara, e rata dithaba tse di kwa godimo, tse di nang le pula e ntsi go feta sekaka se se e dikologileng.[49] Dimela le metsi a a mo dithabeng tseno di tshegetsa di- antilope. Kwa Iran, e tlhagelela mo lefelong le le dithaba la dikaka kwa bogodimong jo bo fitlhang go 2,000–3,000 m (6,600–9,800 ft), kwa pula ya ngwaga le ngwaga ka kakaretso e leng kwa tlase ga 100 mm (3.9 in); dimela tsa konokono mo mafelong ano ke ditlhatshana tse di anameng ka botshesane, tse di kwa tlase ga 1 m (3 ft 3 in) ka boleele.[1][41]
Motseletsele wa Ditso
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Mo dinakong tsa pele ga hisitori, lengau le ne le anamisitswe go ralala Aforika, Asia Bophirima le Bogare.[2][8]Gompieno lengau le nyeleditswe mo bontsing jwa mafelo a e leng mo go one mo ditsong; dipalo tsa lengau la Asia di ne di simolotse go wela tlase thata fa e sale ka bofelo jwa dingwaga tsa bo 1800, nako e telele pele ga mefuta e mengwe e mennye e simolola go fokotsega ga yona. Go tloga ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le lesome le bosupa (2017), Mangau di tlhagelela mo diperesenteng di le robongwe fela tsa lefelo la tsone la pele mo Aforika, bontsi jwa tsone mo mafelong a a sa sirelediwang.[25]Go fitlha mo bogareng jwa lekgolo la bo masome a mabedi la dingwaga, lengau le ne le kgabaganya dikarolo tse dikgolo kwa Asia, go tswa kwa Setlhaketlhakeng sa Arabia kwa bophirima go ya kwa kontinentengpotlana ya India kwa botlhaba, le go ya kwa bokone go fitlha kwa Lewatleng la Aral le Caspian.[53]Makgolokgolo a dingwaga a a fetileng lengau e ne e le ntsi kwa India, mme lefelo la yone le ne le tsamaisana le go anamisiwa ga diphologolo tse dikgolo tse di jaaka blackbuck. Le fa go ntse jalo, dipalo tsa yone kwa India di ne tsa wela tlase thata go tloga ka lekgolo la bo lesome le borobabongwe la dingwaga go ya pele; diphologolo tse tharo tsa bofelo tsa naga di bolailwe ke Moeteledipele wa Surguja ka ngwaga wa sekete,makgolo a robabongwe le masome a mane le bosupa (1947). Pono ya bofelo e e netefaditsweng kwa India e ne e le ya lengau le le neng la nwela mo sedibeng gaufi le Hyderabad ka ngwaga wa sekete,makgolo a robabongwe le masome a matlhano le bosupa (1957).[54]
Lefelo la lengau kwa Soviet Union le ne le akaretsa "dithota tsa sekaka tsa Asia Bogare le borwa jwa Kazakhstan le botlhaba jwa Trans-Caucasus". Ka Metlha ya Bogare, lengau le ne le fitlha kwa bophirima jwa Georgia mme gongwe le ne la tshela kwa lefelong le le kwa tlase la Kura-Aras le mo gare ga mokgatšha wa Noka ya Aras go fitlha ka lekgolo la bo18 la dingwaga, le fa le ne la nyelela mo kgaolong morago ga go fokotsega ga di-goitered gazelles le ka ntlha ya pogiso ya batho. Ka bogareng jwa ngwagakgolo wa bo masome a mabedi, go begwa gore lengau le ne le "santse le le dintsi thata fa le ne le anamisitswe ka bonnye mo kgaolong yotlhe e e kwa bophirima jwa Lewatle la Amu Darya le Aral, mme le ntse le nyelela ka bonako thata".[43]
Lengau le nna mo dithulaganyong tse di farologaneng tsa tikologo mme e lebega e sa tlhophe thata mo go tlhopheng bonno go feta di-felid tse dingwe; e rata mafelo a a nang le go nna teng ga diphologolo tse dintsi, go bonala sentle le kgonagalo e nnye ya go kopana le dibatana tse dikgolo tse di jang diphologolo tse dingwe. E tlhagelela ka sewelo mo dikgweng tsa boboatsatsi. E begilwe kwa bogodimong jwa dimetara di le 4 000 (13 000 ft). Lefelo le le bulegileng le le nang le khurumetso nngwe, jaaka ditlhatshana tse di phatlaladitsweng, gongwe le siametse lengau ka gonne le tlhoka go tlhola le go latelela se e se bolayang sekgala se seleele. Seno gape se fokotsa kotsi ya go kopana le diphologolo tse dikgolo tse di jang nama. lengau e na le tlwaelo ya go tlhagelela mo kitlanong e e kwa tlase ka tlwaelo magareng ga 0.3 le 3.0 ya bagolo mo go 100 km2 (39 sq mi); dipalo tse ke 10–30% ya tse di begilweng tsa mangau le ditau.[1]
Kwa Iraq, Mangau di ne tsa begwa go tswa kwa Basra ka dingwaga tsa bo sekete, masome a robabongwe le masome a mabedi (1920). Kwa Iran go ne go na le Mangau di ka nna makgolo a mane pele ga Ntwa ya Lefatshe II, di anamisitswe go kgabaganya dikaka le dithaba kwa botlhaba le kwa melelwaneng le Iraq kwa bophirima; dipalo di ne di wela tlase ka ntlha ya go fokotsega ga diphologolo tse di bolailweng. Maiteko a tshomarelo ka dingwaga tsa bo sekete,makgolo a robabongwe le masome a matlhano (1950) a ne a tlhomamisa palo, fela mefuta ya diphologolo tse di bolailweng e ne ya fokotsega gape morago ga Phetogo ya Iran morago ga ngwaga wa sekete, makgolo a robabongwe le masome a supa le borobabongwe (1979) le Ntwa ya Iran–Iraq, mme seno sa dira gore go nne le go ngotlega go go bonalang ga lefelo la ditso la lengau mo kgaolong.[25][55]
Ka ngwaga wa sekete, makgolo a robabongwe le masome a supa le botlhano (1975), palo ya di- lengau e ne e fopholediwa go nna 15 000 go ralala Afrika yotlhe e e kwa Borwa jwa Sahara, morago ga patlisiso ya ntlha mo kgaolong eno e e dirilweng ke Norman Myers. Mothalo ono o ne o akaretsa bontsi jwa botlhaba le borwa jwa Aforika, kwa ntle ga kgaolo ya sekaka mo lotshitshing lwa bophirima lwa Angola le Namibia tsa segompieno.[56]Mo dingwageng tse di latelang, dipalopalo tsa Mangau go ralala kgaolo di nnile dinnye le go kgaogana thata jaaka fa bonno jwa tlholego bo fetotswe thata.Ditopo tsa Mangau tsa bogologolo ka 4223-127 YBP di fitlhetswe mo thulaganyong ya logaga kwa Saudi Arabia.[57]
Phatlalatso ya gompieno
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Lengau e fitlhelwa thata mo botlhaba le borwa jwa Afrika; go nna teng ga yona kwa Asia go lekanyeditswe fela kwa dikaka tse di fa gare tsa Iran, le fa go nnile le dipegelo tse di sa netefadiwang tsa go bonwa kwa Afghanistan, Iraq le Pakistan mo dingwageng di le lesome tse di fetileng.[25]Palo ya lefatshe ya Mangau e ne e fopholediwa go nna Mangau di ka nna 7,100 tse di godileng ka ngwaga wa dikete tse peldi le lesome le borataro (2016). Palo ya Mangau e lebega e fokotsegile go tswa go masome a marataro o go ya go lekgolo ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le bosupa (2007) go ya go masome a mane le boraro ka ngwaga wa dikete tse peldi le lesome le borataro (2016), e e anamisitsweng ka ditlhotshwana tse tharo tse di kwa tlase ga 150,000's (Iran,000). setlhaba.[23] Palo e kgolo ya batho ba ba ka nnang 4 000 e anamisitswe ka bonnye mo Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Aforika Borwa le Zambia. Batho ba bangwe kwa Kenya le Tanzania ba na le batho ba ka nna sekete . Mangau tse dingwe tsotlhe di tlhagelela ka ditlhopha tse dinnye tse di kgaoganeng tsa Mangau tse di kwa tlase ga lekgolo nngwe le nngwe ya tsone. Go akanngwa gore palo ya batho e a fokotsega.[23]
Ikholoji le boitshwaro
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Mangau di dira thata motshegare, fa bagaisani bao ba ba jaaka diphiri tse di marontho le ditau bone ba dira thata bosigo. Ditshedi tseno tse dikgolo tse di jang nama di ka bolaya Mangau le go utswa dipolao tsa tsona;[59] ka jalo, tlwaelo ya Mangau ya motshegare e di thusa go tila dibatana tse dikgolo tse di jang ditshedi tse dingwe mo mafelong a di nang le kutlwelobotlhoko, jaaka Okavango Delta. Mo mafelong a lengau e leng sebatana se segolo se se jang ditshedi tse dingwe (jaaka dipolase kwa Botswana le Namibia), tiro e na le go oketsega bosigo. Seno se ka diragala gape le mo dikgaolong tse di omeletseng thata jaaka Sahara, kwa dithemphoritšhara tsa motshegare di ka fitlhang go 43 °C (109 °F). Modikologo wa ngwedi o ka tlhotlheletsa gape thulaganyo ya lengau—tiro e ka oketsega mo masigong a a nang le ngwedi ka ge diphologolo di ka bonwa bonolo, le fa seno se tla le kotsi ya go kopana le dibatana tse dikgolo tse di jang diphologolo tse dingwe.Go tsoma ke tiro e kgolo mo letsatsing lotlhe, ka ditlhora ka nako ya mahube le maitseboa. Ditlhopha di ikhutsa mo mafelong a a nang le bojang morago ga phirimane. Mangau gantsi di tlhatlhoba tikologo ya tsona kwa mafelong a go ela tlhoko jaaka bogodimo go tlhola diphologolo kgotsa diphologolo tse dikgolo tse di jang nama; le fa ba ikhutsa, ba refosana go nna ba lebile.
Mokgatlho wa loago
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lengau e na le popego ya loago e e fetofetogang le e e raraaneng mme e na le go nna le setlhopha go feta mefuta e mengwe ya dikatse. Batho ka tlwaelo ba tilana mme ka kakaretso ba botsalano; tse ditonanyana di ka lwa ka mafelo kgotsa go fitlhelela tse di namagadi mo oestrus, mme mo makgetlong a a sa tlwaelegang dintwa tse di jalo di ka felela ka dikgobalo tse di masisi le loso. Dinamagadi ga di nne le loago mme di na le tirisano e nnye le batho ba bangwe, go thibela tirisano le tse ditonanyana fa di tsena mo mafelong a tsona kgotsa ka paka ya go nyalana. Dinamagadi dingwe, ka kakaretso mme le bana kgotsa bana ba motho, di ka nna tsa ikhutsa fa thoko ga tse dingwe motshegare. Dinamagadi di na le go tshela botshelo jwa go nna di le tsosi kgotsa go nna le bana mo mafelong a magae a a sa sirelediwang; dinamagadi tse dinnye gantsi di nna gaufi le bomme ba tsona botshelo jotlhe fela tse ditonanyana di tlogela lefelo la bomme ba tsona go ya go nna go sele.Ditona tse dingwe di na le kgaolo, mme di kopana mmogo botshelo jotlhe, di bopa dikopano tse di sireletsang kgaolo mmogo e e netefatsang phitlhelelo e e kwa godimo ya tse di namagadi—seno ga se tshwane le maitsholo a tau e tonanyana e e kopanang le setlhopha se se rileng (boikgantsho) jwa tse di namagadi. Mo mabakeng a le mantsi, kopano e tla nna le bakaulengwe ba ba tsetsweng mo setlhopheng se le sengwe ba ba neng ba nna mmogo morago ga go kgwesiwa, fela banna ba ba sa amaneng ka thutatshelo gantsi ba letleletswe go tsena mo setlhopheng; kwa Serengeti, 30% ya maloko a a mo dikopanong ke banna ba ba sa amaneng.Fa ngwana e le yona fela e tona mo setlhopheng, ka tlwaelo e tla tsenela setlhopha se se leng teng, kgotsa e bope setlhopha se sennye sa banna ba ba nosi le banna ba bangwe ba babedi kgotsa ba le bararo ba ba nosi ba ba ka nnang kgotsa ba se nne le kgaolo. Mo Sekakeng sa Kalahari bokana ka 40% ya banna ba nna ba le nosi.
Ditona tse di mo kopanong di na le lorato mo go tse dingwe, di tlhokomelana le go bitsa fa leloko lepe le latlhegile; banna ba ba sa amaneng ba ka nna ba lebana le go ila go sekae mo malatsing a bone a ntlha mo setlhopheng. Ditona tsotlhe mo kopanong ka tlwaelo di na le phitlhelelo e e lekanang ya dipolao fa setlhopha se tsoma mmogo, mme gongwe le go tse di namagadi tse di ka tsenang mo kgaolong ya tsona.Kopano ka kakaretso e na le tšhono e kgolo ya go kopana le go bona tse di namagadi go nyalana; le fa go ntse jalo, maloko a yona a mantsi a batla ditsompelo tse dintsi go feta banna ba ba nosi.Thutopatlisiso ya 1987 e bontshitse gore banna ba ba nosi le ba ba nang le ditlhopha di na le tšhono e e batlang e lekana ya go kopana le basadi, fela banna ba ba kopaneng ba itekanetse thata e bile ba na le kgonagalo e e botoka ya go tshela go feta balekane ba bona ba ba nosi.Mangau tse ditonanyana di lebega di itshokela bana ba e seng bana ba tsona go feta di-felid tse dingwe, mme bosupi jo go akanngwang jwa polao ya masea bo tsewa e le jwa maemo.
Mefuta ya magae le mafelo
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Mangau tse di namagadi di na le go nna mo mafelong a magolo a magae go feta tse ditonanyana. Dinamagadi ka tlwaelo di phatlalala mo mafelong a magolo di latelela diphologolo, fela ga di tsamaye thata mme di tsamayatsamaya mo lefelong le lennye fa go nna teng ga diphologolo mo lefelong go le kwa godimo. Bogolo jwa lefelo la tsona la magae bo ikaegile ka go anama ga diphologolo tse di bolailweng mo kgaolong. Mo bogareng jwa Namibia, kwa bontsi jwa mefuta ya diphologolo tse di bolailweng e sa anamisiwang thata, mafelo a magae ke 554–7,063 km2 (214–2,727 sq mi), fa mafelo a magae mo dikgweng tsa Phinda Game Reserve e le 34–157 km2 (13–61 sq mi) ka bogolo. Mangau a kgona go tsamaya loeto lo loleele mo lefatsheng di batla dijo; patlisiso nngwe kwa Sekaka sa Kalahari e ne ya kwala palogare ya go fuduga ga mo e ka nnang dikilometara di le 11 (6.8 mi) letsatsi le letsatsi mme lobelo lwa go tsamaya lo ne lo le fa gare ga 2.5 le 3.8 km/h (1.6 le 2.4 mph).[100]
Ditonyana ka kakaretso ga di tsamaye thata go na le tse di namagadi; gantsi banna ba ba kopaneng mme ka dinako tse dingwe banna ba ba nosi ba ba nnang kgakala le dikopano ba tlhoma ditlhopha tsa magae. Gore a tse ditonanyana di nna mo mafelong kgotsa di phatlalala mo mafelong a magolo di bopa ditlhopha tsa magae go ikaegile thata ka metsamao ya tse di namagadi. Go nna le kgaolo go ratwa fela fa ditshadi di na le tlwaelo ya go nna fela, se se kgonegang thata mo mafelong a a nang le diphologolo tse dintsi tse di bolailweng. Ditonyana tse dingwe, tse di bidiwang di-floater, di fetoga magareng ga go nna le kgaolo le go tsamayatsamaya go ikaegile ka gore ditshegadi di teng. Thutopatlisiso ya 1987 e bontshitse gore kgaolo e ikaegile ka bogolo le dingwaga tsa banna le botokololo jwa kopano. Mefuta ya di-floater e ne e le palogare ya dikilometara di le 777 kwa Serengeti go ya go dikilometara di le 1 464 kwa bogareng jwa Namibia. Dikgaolo tse di mo Phakeng ya Bosetšhaba ya Kruger di ne di le dinnye thata. Kopano ya banna ba bararo e ne e tsaya kgaolo ya 126 km2 (49 sq mi), mme kgaolo ya monna yo o nosi e ne e le 195 km2 (75 sq mi).Fa e namagadi e tsena mo tshimong, tse ditonanyana di a dikaganyetsa; fa e leka go tshaba, tse ditonanyana di a e loma kgotsa di a e kgwathisa. Ka kakaretso, namagadi ga e kgone go tshaba ka boyona; tse ditonanyana ka botsone di a tsamaya fa di sena go latlhegelwa ke kgatlhego mo go ene. Ba ka nna ba dupelela monko wa lefelo le a neng a ntse mo go lone kgotsa a robetse mo go lone go bona gore a o ne a le mo oestrus.
Tlhaeletsano
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]lengau ke felid e e nang le lentswe e e nang le dipina tse dintsi le medumo; diponagalo tsa modumo le tiriso ya bontsi jwa tsone di ithutilwe ka botlalo. Tsela e mantswe a tlhagisiwang ka yona e na le dipharologano dingwe fa e bapisiwa le katse ya mo gae, jaaka go hema ga lengau go kwa godimo. Fa tlase fano go kwadilwe mantswe mangwe a a tlwaelegileng a a rekotilweng a a bonwang mo Mangau:
- Go tshegatshega: Go tshegatshega (kgotsa "stutter-bark") ke pitso e e tseneletseng e e tshwanang le ya nonyane mme e tsaya lobaka lo lo kwa tlase ga motsotswana. Di- lengau di a tshegatshega fa di itumetse, ka sekai, fa di kokoane go dikologa polao. Ditiriso tse dingwe di akaretsa go bitsa dipotsane tse di fitlhegileng kgotsa tse di latlhegileng ke mmè, kgotsa jaaka tumediso kgotsa go ratana fa gare ga bagolo.Go rora ga lengau go tshwana le go rora go go bonolo ga tau, le go rora ga yone jaaka go rora go go kwa godimo ga tau.Pitso e e tshwanang mme e le kwa godimo (‘yelp’) e ka utlwiwa go tswa kwa bokgakaleng jwa dikilometara di le 2; pitso e gantsi e dirisiwa ke bomme go batla dipotsanyane tse di latlhegileng, kgotsa ke dipotsanyane go batla bomme ba tsone le bana ba tsone.
- Go lela (kgotsa go tlhotlhora): Churr ke modumo o o tlhotlhoregang, wa staccato o o ka tsayang metsotswana e le mebedi. Go rora le go rora go ile ga lemogiwa ka go tshwana ga gone le go rora go go bonolo le go go kwa godimo ga tau. E tlhagisiwa mo bokaong jo bo tshwanang le jwa go tshegatshega, fela thutopatlisiso ya go fepa Mangau e fitlhetse go tshegatshega go tlwaelegile thata.
- Go rora: Go tshwana le go rora mo dikatseng tsa mo gae mme go le kwa godimo thata, go tlhagisiwa fa lengau le kgotsofetse, le jaaka mofuta wa tumediso kgotsa fa di latswana.E akaretsa go tlhagisa modumo o o tswelelang o o refosanang fa gare ga mela ya mowa e e tswang le e e tsenang.
- Medumo ya agonistic: E akaretsa go tlhotlhora, go gotlhola, go rora, go tlhotlhora, go tlhotlhora le go tlhotlhora (kgotsa go tlhotlhora). Go lela go supa go tshwenyega, ka sekai fa lengau le lebana le sebatana se se jang ditshedi tse dingwe se se utswileng polao ya sone. Go rora, go lela le go lela go tsamaya le go itewa gangwe le gape, go go maatla fa fatshe ka leoto la kwa pele, mo nakong eo lengau le ka boelang morago ka dimitara di le mmalwa. Meow, le fa e le pitso e e farologaneng, gantsi e amana le go sa phuthologa kgotsa go tenega.
- Dipolelo tse dingwe: Batho ba ka dira modumo wa go rora jaaka karolo ya tirisano e e gaufi, e e botsalano. Modumo wa "nyam nyam" o ka nna wa tlhagisiwa fa go jewa. Ntle le go tshegatshega, bomme ba ka dirisa "ihn ihn" e e boaboelediwang ke go phutha dipotsanyane, mme "prr prr" ke go di kaela mo loetong. Go dirisiwa modumo wa alamo o o kwa tlase go tlhagisa dipotsanyane gore di eme tsi. Dipotsanyane tse di ngangisanang di ka ntsha "whirr"—segalo se tlhatloga fa ngangisano e le maswe mme se felele ka noto e e bogale.
Tsela e nngwe e kgolo ya go buisana ke ka monko; e tonanyana gantsi e tsholetsa mogatla wa yona mme e gase moroto mo matshwaong a a kwa godimo jaaka dikutu tsa setlhare, dikutu kgotsa matlapa; di- lengau tse dingwe di dupelela matshwao ano a naga mme di boeletsa ngwao eno. Dinamagadi le tsona di bontsha maitsholo a go tshwaya fela ga di bonale thata go na le tse ditonanyana. Dinamagadi tse di mo oestrus di bontsha go tshwaya motlhapo go go kwa godimo, mme mantle a tsona a ka gogela tse ditonanyana go tswa kwa kgakala. Mo Botswana, Mangau di tshwarwa gangwe le gape ke barui ba diruiwa go sireletsa leruo ka go baya dirai mo mafelong a setso a go tshwaya; dipitso tsa lengau le le tshwaregileng di ka gogela dilengau tse dingwe mo lefelong leo.Dirai tsa dikhamera kwa mafelong a go tshwaya monko kwa bokone-bogare jwa Namibia di kwadile gore Mangau di ntsha mantle mo mafelong a go tshwaya kgapetsakgapetsa go feta mangau.Ditshupo tsa go ama le tsa pono ke ditsela tse dingwe tsa go supa, mme dikopano tsa loago di akaretsa go dupelela molomo, marago le dirwe tsa tlhakanelodikobo mmogo. Batho ka bongwe ba tlhokomelana, ba latswana difatlhego le go itlotsa marama. Le fa go ntse jalo, ga se gantsi di ikaegang ka matlhakore a tsone kgotsa di gotlhana. Methalo ya dikeledi mo sefatlhegong e ka tlhalosa ka bogale dipolelwana fa o le gaufi. Bomme ba ka tswa ba dirisa dipalamonwana tse di botlhofo le tse dintsho tse di refosanang mo mogatleng go supa bana ba bona go ba sala morago.
Dijo le go tsoma
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Lengau ke setshedi se se jang nama se se tsomang diphologolo tse dinnye go ya go tse di magareng tse di bokete jwa 20 go ya go 60 kg (44 go ya go 132 lb), fela bontsi jwa tsone bo le kwa tlase ga 40 kg (88 lb). Diphofu tsa yona tsa mantlha ke di-ungulates tsa boholo bo mahareng. Ke karolo e kgolo ya dijo mo mafelong a a rileng, jaaka di-gazelle tsa Dama le Dorcas kwa Sahara, impala kwa dikgweng tsa botlhaba le kwa borwa jwa Aforika, springbok kwa di-savanna tse di omeletseng kwa borwa le gazelle ya Thomson kwa Serengeti. Di-antelope tse dinnye jaaka duiker e e tlwaelegileng ke diphologolo tse di bolawang kgapetsakgapetsa kwa borwa jwa Kalahari. Diphologolo tse dikgolo tse di nang le dinala ka tlwaelo di a tilwa, le fa nyala, e banna ba yona ba bokete jo bo ka nnang 120 kg (260 lb), e fitlhetswe e le phofu e kgolo mo patlisisong kwa Phinda Game Reserve. Kwa Namibia Mangau ke tsone tse di jang diruiwa thata.Mo Phakeng ya Bosetšhaba ya Kruger go na le direkoto tse di kgethegileng tsa dinamane tse pedi tsa thutlwa le dinamane tse pedi tsa nare ya kwa kapa tse di tsomiwang ke Mangau.Dijo tsa lengau la Asia di na le chinkara, mmutla wa sekaka, tshephe e e nang le goiter, urial, dipodi tsa naga le leruo; kwa India Mangau di ne di tlwaetse go ja tshephe e ntsho thata.
Dikgatlhego tsa phofu le katlego ya go tsoma di farologana go ya ka dingwaga, bong, palo ya Mangau tse di amegang mo go tsomeng, le go nna kelotlhoko ga phofu. Ka kakaretso, ke fela dikopano tsa banna kgotsa mme yo o nang le bana ba ba lekang go bolaya diphologolo tse dikgolo; bomme ba ba nang le bana ba tlhokomela diphologolo tse dikgolo kgapetsakgapetsa. Batho ba ba mo matlhakoreng a motlhape wa diphologolo tse di bolailweng ke dintlha tse di tlwaelegileng; diphologolo tse di tlhokometseng tse di tsibogang ka bonako fa di bona lengau ga di ratwe.
Lengau ke nngwe ya dibatana tse di jang ditshedi tse dingwe tse di tlhomologileng thata, e tsoma thata letsatsi lotlhe, ka dinako tse dingwe ka ditlhora ka mahube le maitseboa mme e tila dibatana tse di jang ditshedi tse dingwe tse dikgolo jaaka tau e e tsomang thata bosigo.Mangau kwa Sahara, le Maasai Mara kwa Kenya, di tsoma morago ga go phirima ga letsatsi go tshaba dithemphoritšhara tse di kwa godimo. Mangau di dirisa pono ya tsone go tsoma; di nna di lebile diphologolo go tswa kwa mafelong a go ikhutsa kgotsa dikala tse di kwa tlase. lengau e ka tswala ntle le go iphitlha mo sebakeng sa 60–70 m (200–230 ft) ya phofu, pele e di tabogela. Go seng jalo lengau le ka tlhoma mo sekhurumelong le go nna gaufi le mo gare ga 30m. lengau e e latelang e tsaya gore e khubame go sekae, tlhogo e le kwa tlase ga magetla; e tsamaya ka iketlo mme e nna e sa tshikinyege ka dinako tse dingwe. Mo mafelong a a senang khurumetso e ntsi, lengau le ka nna la atamela mo sekgaleng se se sa feteng dimetara di le 200 (660 ft) sa phofu mme la simolola go le lelekisa. lengau e ka ineela fa e ka lemogiwa go sa le gale.[59] Go lelekisa go tsaya metsotswana e le 37.9 ka palogareMo thutong ya 2013, boleele jwa go lelekisa bo ne bo le palogare ya 173 m (568 ft), mme go taboga go go telele go gaisa go ne go lekanya 559 m (1,834 ft).Go itaya phologolo ya yona, lengau le dirisa manala a monyo a a godileng sentle le a a bogale a maoto a tsona a a kwa pele go tshwara ditokololo kgotsa mokwatla wa phologolo fa e ntse e e latelela ka botlalo, mme ka jalo e kgoreletsa tekatekano ya yona mme e dire gore e wele, e letla lengau go e thunya.[80] Go wa jalo ka nako ya go lelekisa ka lobelo lo lo kwa godimo go ka dira gore phofu e wele thata mo e ka robang ditokololo tsa yone.
Fa lengau e sena go feta phofu ya yona, e latela gaufi le kwa morago fa phofu e dira di-zigzag twist di le 3–4 go leka go tshaba; fa phofu e ise e tshabe ka nako eo, e a tshwarwa. Go bolaya diphologolo tse dikgolo, lengau le tlhotlhora megolo ya tsona ka ditlhaa tsa yona, le di kgamela, mme le boloka tlelampe ya yona metsotso e le 5, e leng fa diphologolo tse di bolailweng di emisa go kgaratlha.Go loma mo mokwatleng wa molala kgotsa mo legatleng go lekane go bolaya diphologolo tse dinnye. Mangau di na le seelo sa katlego ya go tsoma ka kakaretso sa 25–40%.Fa tsomo e sena go fela, Mangau di goga polao ya tsone gaufi le sekgwa kgotsa ka fa tlase ga setlhare. Fa go sena sekhurumetso, di sutisa polao ya yona ka palogare ya 64.5 m (212 ft) go tswa kwa lefelong la polao; motho a le mongwe o ne a goga polao sekgala sa dimetara di le 712 (maoto a le 2 336).Jaaka dikatse tse dingwe, lengau e lapile morago ga go bolaya phofu ya yona mme e ikhutse fa thoko ga polao, e hemela kwa godimo metsotso e le 20–30, fa tau yone e ikhutsa metsotso e le 15–40. Go sa le jalo, di- lengau tse di gaufi, tse di neng di sa tseye karolo mo go tsomeng, di ka nna tsa ja polao ka bonako. Ditlhopha tsa lengau di ja polao ka kagiso, le fa go ka lemogwa medumo e mennye le go thunya.Mangau a kgona go ja dijo tse dintsi; lengau kwa Phakeng ya Bosetšhaba ya Etosha, kwa Namibia, go ne ga fitlhelwa go ja dikilogerama di le 10 mo lobakeng lwa diura di le pedi.Le fa go ntse jalo, letsatsi le letsatsi, lengau le ja nama e e ka nnang dikilogerama di le 4 (8.8 lb).Bomme ba ba nang le bana ba nna ba le kelotlhoko le fa ba ja, ba ema go leba go dikologa dibatana tse di ka utswang polao.
Mangau di tsamaisa tlhogo ya tsone go tswa mo letlhakoreng le lengwe go ya kwa go le lengwe ka jalo meno a carnassial a a bopegileng jaaka legare a gagola nama, e morago ga moo e ka e metsa ntle le go e tlhafuna. Gantsi e simolola ka dikarolo tsa kwa morago fa thishu e leng bonolo teng, mme morago ga moo e bo e tswelela go ya kwa mpeng le kwa lerapo la mokwatla. E tlhafuna dikgopo kwa dintlheng, fela ga e gagole ditokololo fa e ntse e ja. Ntle le fa phofu e le nnye thata, e tlogela lerapo le batla le sa senyega.E latlhegelwa ke 9–14% ya dipolao tsa yona go dibatana tse dikgolo le tse di maatla tse di jang ditshedi tse dingwe. Go farologana le nša ya naga ya Aforika, lengau e ka kgona go lepalepana le tatlhegelo ya dipolao tsa 25%, e tlhoka go dirisa diura di le 4 fela ka letsatsi go tsoma go busetsa maatla a a senyegileng; ka ntlha ya lebelo la yone le le kwa godimo, leano la go latelela la nako e khutshwane, e na le maatla a a fetofetogang. Ditonyana le tse di namagadi tse di sa nyalwang di dirisa nako e ntsi di ja ka bonako jo bo kgonegang morago ga go bolaya phofu ya tsona, fa bomme ba ba nang le bana ba dirisa nako e ntsi ba lebile tikologo ya bona fa bana ba bona ba ja. Dikgetse di le mmalwa tsa Mangau di tlhotlhora ditopo tse di sa di tsomang di lemogilwe, go akaretsa le tiragalo ya mme le bana ba gagwe ba bararo ba dikgwedi di le lesome le botlhano ba utswa polao ya tshephe e e nang le marontho e le nosi.
Go lebega lengau le na le selekanyo se se kwa godimo sa katlego ya go tsoma go feta diphologolo tse dingwe tse di jang ditshedi tse dingwe; kwa Serengeti, seelo sa yona sa katlego ya go tsoma ditshephe tsa Thomson ke 70%, fa mo ntsweng ya naga ya Aforika e le 57%, mo tshepheng e e marontho 33%, le mo taung 26%.Mo lewatleng la Okavango, seelo sa yona sa katlego ya go tsoma di-impala ke 26%, fela sa ntša ya naga ya Aforika ke 15.5% fela. Mo Phakeng ya Bosetšhaba ya Kruger, seelo sa yona sa katlego ya go tsoma di-impala ke 20.7% fa sa lengau e le 16%.
Tsalo
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Lengau e tsala ngwaga otlhe; ditshegadi di na le di-polyestrous le di-ovulator tse di tlhotlheleditsweng ka modikologo wa estrous wa malatsi a le lesome le bobedi ka palogare o o ka farologanang go tswa go malatsi a le mararo go ya go kgwedi. Di nna le matlakala a tsona a ntlha fa di le dingwaga di le pedi go ya go tse tharo mme di ka ima gape morago ga dikgwedi di le lesome le bosupa goya gomasome a mabedi go tswa mo go tsaleng, kgotsa le eleng ka bonako fa matlakala otlhe a latlhegile. Ditona di ka tsala di le kwa tlase ga dingwaga di le pedi mo botshwarong, fela seno se ka diega kwa nageng go fitlhela e tonanyana e bona kgaolo. Thutopatlisiso ya ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le bosupa (2007) e bontshitse gore ditshadi tse di tsetseng bana ba le bantsi kwa tshimologong ya botshelo jwa tsona gantsi di ne di swa di le dinnye, se se supang kgwebisano magareng ga botshelo jo boleele le katlego ya tsalo ya ngwaga le ngwaga.
Go tshwaya motlhapo mo go tse ditonanyana go ka bonala thata fa namagadi e e mo tikologong ya tsona e tsena mo estrus. Ditonanyana, ka dinako tse dingwe le tse di mo dikopanong, di lwa gareng ga tsona go bona phitlhelelo ya tse di namagadi.Gantsi e tona e le nngwe e tla feleletsa e fentse taolo mo go tse dingwe mme e nyalane le namagadi, le fa namagadi e ka nyalana le banna ba ba farologaneng. Go tsalana go simolola fa e tonanyana e atamela e namagadi, e e robalang fa fatshe; batho ka bongwe gantsi ba tshegatshega, ba tshegatshega kgotsa ba tshegatshega ka nako eno. Ga go na boitshwaro jwa go ratana jo bo lemogiwang; e tonanyana e tshwara mokwatla wa e namagadi ka bonako, mme go tlhakanela dikobo go a diragala. Bobedi bo bo bo tlhokomologana, mme bo kopana le go tlhakanela dikobo makgetlo a mangwe a le mmalwa makgetlo a le mararo go ya go a matlhano ka letsatsi mo malatsing a mabedi go ya go a le mararo a a latelang pele ga ba kgaogana.
Morago ga boimana jo bo ka nnang dikgwedi di le tharo, go tsholwa dipotsanyane tse di ka fitlhang go thataro go ya go robedi. Le fa tse tsa dipotsanyane di le tharo go ya go di le nne di tlwaelegile thata.Mangau di na le go nna dikgolo go feta tsa bontsi jwa mefuta ya di-felid. Ditsalo di diragala ka dikgaotso tsa metsotso e le 20–25 mo lefelong le le sireletsegileng jaaka dimela tse dikima. Matlho a tswalega fa a tsholwa, mme a bulega mo malatsing a le manè go ya go a le lesome le motso . Dipotsane tse di sa tswang go tsholwa di ka nna tsa kgwa mathe thata mme tsa dira medumo e e bonolo ya go tlhotlhora; di simolola go tsamaya ka dibeke di le pedi. Mokwatla wa tsona, magetla le mokwatla di khurumeditswe ka bokima ke moriri o moleele o o botala jwa legodimo, o o bidiwang mantle, o o di fang ponagalo ya mofuta wa mohawk; boboa jono bo a tshologa fa lengau le ntse le gola.Patlisiso e tshitshintse gore moriri ono o dira gore ngwana wa lengau a lebege jaaka tshephe ya tswina, mme o ka dira jaaka go iphitlha mo ditlhaselong tsa tshephe eno kgotsa dibatana tse di jang ditshedi tse dingwe tse di ratang go di tila.
Bomme ba boloka bana ba bona ba fitlhilwe mo dimeleng tse di kitlaneng dikgwedi tsa ntlha tse pedi mme ba amusa mo mosong wa makuku. Mme o nna kelotlhoko thata mo kgatong eno; e nna mo sekgaleng se se sa feteng 1 km (0.62 mi) go tswa kwa lefelong la yone, e etela bana ba yone kgapetsakgapetsa, e di sutisa malatsi mangwe le mangwe a matlhano go ya go a le marataro, mme e nna le tsone morago ga lefifi. Le fa a leka go dira modumo o monnye, ka kakaretso ga a kgone go sireletsa matlakala a gagwe mo diphologolong tse di jang ditshedi tse dingwe. Dibatana tse di jang ditshedi tse dingwe ke tsona tse di bakang loso lo logolo lwa dipotsanyane; ya dintsho tsotlhe, 58.3% e ne e le ka ntlha ya diphologolo tse di jang ditshedi tse dingwe kwa Serengeti, mme 88.9% e ne e le kwa Phakeng ya Kgalagadi Transfrontier. Dintsho gape di diragala ka ntlha ya tlala fa bomme ba tsona ba di tlogela, melelo, kgotsa nyumonia ka ntlha ya go nna mo maemong a bosa a a maswe. Boleele jwa kokomana ya lengau ke dingwaga di le thataro. Ka kakaretso seelo sa go falola ga bana ba Mangau ke 35.7% kwa Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park le 34.3% kwa Sekakeng sa Kalahari, fa go bapisiwa le seelo sa go falola sa bana sa 37% sa mangau kwa Sabi Sand Game Reserve; dintsho tse di kwa godimo tsa bana ba bannye di lebega e le karolo ya tlholego ya diphetogo tsa palo ya batho mo diphologolong tse di jang ditshedi tse dingwe.
Dipotsanyane di simolola go tswa mo lefelong la go nna le dikgwedi di le pedi, di latela mmaatsone gongwe le gongwe kwa a yang teng. Mo nakong eno mme o amusa go le gonnye mme o tlisetsa dipotsane dijo tse di tiileng; di boela morago go tswa mo setopo ka letshogo kwa tshimologong, mme ka iketlo di simolola go se ja. Dipotsane di ka nna tsa rora fa mmè a di latswa gore di nne phepa morago ga dijo. Go kgwesiwa go diragala mo dikgweding di le nne go ya go di le thataro. Go katisa bana ba gagwe go tsoma, mme o tla tshwara le go tlogela diphologolo tse di tshelang fa pele ga bana ba gagwe.Boitshwaro jwa go tshameka jwa Cubs bo akaretsa go lelekisa, go khubama, go thunya le go lwa; go na le bofefo jo bontsi, mme ditlhaselo ga di bolaye ka sewelo.Go tshameka go ka tokafatsa bokgoni jwa go tshwara mo dipotsaneng, le fa bokgoni jwa go khubama le go iphitlha bo ka nna jwa se gole ka tsela e e gakgamatsang.
Dipotsane tse dinnye tsa dikgwedi di le thataro di leka go tshwara diphologolo tse dinnye jaaka mebutla le ditshephe tse dinnye. Le fa go ntse jalo, di ka nna tsa tshwanelwa ke go leta go fitlha di nna le dikgwedi di le lesome le matlhano gore di kgone go bolaya ka katlego ka botsone. Fa di le dikgwedi di ka nna masome a mabedi, bana ba kgona go ikemela ka nosi; bomme ba ka tswa ba imile gape ka nako eo. Bana ba motho ba ka nna ba nna mmogo dikgwedi tse dingwe di le mmalwa pele ga ba kgaogana. Fa tse di namagadi di nna gaufi le bomme ba tsone, tse ditonanyana di tsamaya kgakala.Botshelo jwa Mangau tsa naga ke dingwaga di le lesome le bone go ya go di le lesome le botlhano mo go tse di namagadi, mme modikologo wa tsone wa tsalo ka tlwaelo o fela fa di le dingwaga di le lesome le bobedi ; tse ditonanyana ka kakaretso di tshela dingwaga di le lesome.[1][1][1]
Kgaisano
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Kwa Serengeti, Mangau di latlhegelwa ke bokana ka 4% ya dipolao tsa tsona ke diphiri tse di nang le marontho.[58]Mangau ka dinako tse dingwe di leka go sireletsa dipolao tsa tsona mo diphologolong tse dikgolo tse di jang nama ka go dira mantswe a a tshosetsang le mafatlha, mme di boela morago fa go tswelela.
Kwa Iran, Mangau di gaisana le mangau go bona chinkara, bezoar ibex le urial. Mo Lefelong le le Sireletsegileng la Bafq, Mangau di ne di tila lengau ka go fudugela kwa mafelong a a kwa tlase, le fa lengau le le lengwe le ne la bolawa ke lengau ka nako ya thutopatlisiso.Bomme ba Mangau ba lemogilwe ba leleka mangau a a tshosetsang bana ba one, mme Mangau tse dikgolo tse ditonanyana di ka lelekisa mangau sekgala se seleele.Kwa bokone-bogare jwa Namibia, 34% ya mafelo a go tshwaya monko a ne a abelanwa ke Mangau le mangau, le fa di tila go dirisana ka go tshwaya ka dinako tse di farologaneng, ka Mangau di etela mafelo a a ntseng jalo bosigo, fa mangau a dira jalo mo mosong.Go farologana le nša ya naga ya Aforika, kitlano ya palo ya lengau mo lefelong lengwe e nna e tlhomame le fa palo ya ditau e oketsega, le fa go na le kotsi e kgolo ya dintsho tsa bana; tlholego ya yona e e nnang e le nosi ga e goge tlhokomelo e ntsi
Kgetsi nngwe ya phokoje e e nang le mokwatla o montsho e e iteyang tsebe gore lengau e kgone go e tshwara e a itsege.
Matshosetsi
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]lengau e tshosediwa ke mabaka a le mmalwa, a a tshwanang le go latlhegelwa ke bonno jwa yone le go kgaogana ga dipalopalo tsa yone. Tatlhegelo ya bonno e bakwa thata ke go tsenngwa ga tiriso ya lefatshe ya kgwebo, jaaka temothuo le madirelo.[1]E gakadiwa gape ke go senyega ga ikholoji, jaaka go tsenelela ga dimela tsa logong, go go tlwaelegileng mo borwa jwa Aforika.Mo godimo ga moo, go bonala mofuta ono o tlhoka lefelo le legolo go nna mo go one jaaka go bontshiwa ke go nna le batho ba bannye. Tlhaelo ya diphologolo tse di bolailweng le go thulana le mefuta e mengwe jaaka batho le diphologolo tse dikgolo tse di jang nama ke matshosetsi a mangwe a magolo.[3] Go lebega lengau le sa kgone go nna mmogo le batho go feta lengau.[158] Ka 76% ya lefelo la yona le le nang le lefatshe le le sa sirelediwang, lengau gantsi le tlhaselwa ke balemirui le badisa ba ba lekang go sireletsa leruo la bona, bogolosegolo kwa Namibia.Kgwebisano le go gweba ka diphologolo tsa naga tse di seng ka fa molaong ke bothata jo bongwe mo mafelong mangwe (jaaka Ethiopia). Merafe mengwe, jaaka batho ba Maasai kwa Tanzania, go begilwe fa e dirisa matlalo a lengau mo meletlong.[5] Roadkill ke matshosetsi mo mafelong a ditsela di agilweng mo mafelong a tlholego kgotsa go feta mo mafelong a a sireleditsweng; mangau a bolailweng mo tseleng di ne tsa fitlhelwa kwa Kalmand, kwa Phakeng ya Bosetšhaba ya Touran le kwa Bafq kwa Iran.[1]Go fokotsega ga go farologana ga dijini go dira gore Mangau di nne mo kotsing ya go tsenwa ke malwetse;le fa go ntse jalo, matshosetsi a a bakwang ke malwetse a a tshelanwang a ka nna mannye, fa go lebilwe kitlano e e kwa tlase ya batho mme ka jalo go fokotsega ga kgonagalo ya go tshwaetsega.[1]
Tshomarelo
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Lengau le beilwe mo setlhopheng sa diphologolo tse di Kotsi mo Lenaaneng le Lehibidu la IUCN; e kwadilwe ka fa tlase ga Mametlelelo I ya Tumalano ya Tshomarelo ya Mefuta e e Fudugang ya Diphologolo tsa Naga le Mametlelelo I ya Tumalano ya Kgwebisano ya Boditšhabatšhaba ya Mefuta e e mo Kotsing ya go Nyelela. Molao wa Mefuta e e mo Kotsing ya go Nyelela o kwadisa lengau jaaka tse di mo Kotsing ya go Nyelela.[59]
Mo Aforika
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Go fitlha ka dingwaga tsa bo sekete, makgolo a robabongwe le masome a supa (1970), di- lengau le diphologolo tse dingwe tse di jang nama di ne di bolawa gangwe le gape go sireletsa leruo mo Afrika. Ka bonya go tlhaloganya ikholoji ya Mangau go ne ga oketsega mme palo ya tsone e e neng e wela tlase e ne ya nna selo se se tshwenyang. Setsi sa Mangau le Diphologolo tsa Naga sa De Wildt se ne sa tlhongwa ka ngwaga wa sekete,makgolo a robabongwe le masome a supa le bongwe (1971) mo Aforika Borwa go tlamela ka tlhokomelo ya Mangau tsa naga tse di tshwarwang ka metlha kgotsa di gobadiwang ke balemirui ba Namibia.[5]Ka ngwaga wa sekete,makgoloa robabongwe le masome robabobedi le bosupa (1987), porojeke ya ntlha e kgolo ya patlisiso go tlhalosa maano a tshomarelo ya Mangau e ne e tsweletse.Letlole la Tshomarelo ya Mangau, le le tlhomilweng ka ngwaga wa sekete, makgolo a robabongwe le masome a robabongwe (1990) kwa Namibia, le ne la dira maiteko a go dira dipatlisiso tsa kwa masimong le go ruta ka Mangau mo sethaleng sa lefatshe lotlhe.[5]E tsamaisa laboratori ya dijini tsa lengau, e le yona fela ya mofuta wa yona, kwa Otjiwarongo; "Bushblok" ke maiteko a go busetsa bonno ka thulaganyo ka go fokotsa sekgwa se se ikaeletsweng le tiriso ya ditshedi.[60]Mananeo a mangwe a le mmalwa a tshomarelo e e kgethegileng ya Mangau a setse a tlhomilwe, jaaka lengau Outreach mo Aforika Borwa.[5]
Kokoano ya Leano la Tiro la Lefatshe Lotlhe la Mangau ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le bobedi (2002) e ne ya gatelela tlhokego ya patlisiso e e akaretsang Mangau tsa naga go kgaoganya mafelo a maiteko a tshomarelo le go tlhama kitso ka mananeo a katiso.[61] Lenaneo la Tshomarelo ya Range Wide la lengau le Dintša tsa Naga tsa Aforika le simolotse ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le bosupa (2007) jaaka maiteko a a kopanetsweng a Ditlhopha tsa Baitseanape ba Dikatse le Dikanid tsa IUCN, Mokgatlho wa Tshomarelo ya Diphologolo tsa Naga le Mokgatlho wa Diphologolo wa London. Maano a bosetšhaba a tshomarelo a tlhamilwe mo dinageng di le mmalwa tsa Aforika.Ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le lesome le bone (2014), Komiti ya Nakwana ya CITES e ne ya amogela lengau jaaka "mofuta o o tlang pele" mo maanong a yone kwa bokonebotlhaba jwa Aforika go lwantsha kgwebisano ka diphologolo tsa naga.[62]
Lengapu le ne la tlhagisiwa gape kwa Malawi ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le lesome le bosupa (2017).[168]
Kwa Asia
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le bongwe (2001), puso ya Iran e ne ya dirisana le CCF, IUCN, Panthera Corporation, Lenaneo la Tlhabololo la Ditšhabakopano le Mokgatlho wa Tshomarelo ya Diphologolo tsa Naga mo Porojekeng ya Tshomarelo ya Mangau tsa Asia (CACP) go sireletsa bonno jwa tlholego jwa Mangau tsa Asia le diphologolo tse di di bolayang.[7] Ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le bone (2004)[63], Setheo sa Iran sa Tlhabololo e e Tswelelang (CENESTA) se ne sa tshwara kokoano ya boditšhabatšhaba go buisana ka maano a tshomarelo le bannaleseabe ba selegae.[5]Iran e ne ya itsise ka kgwedi ya Phatwe e le masome a mararo le bongwe jaaka Letsatsi la Bosetšhaba la Mangau ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le borataro (2006).Kopano ya Togamaano ya Mangau tsa Iran ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le lesome (2010) e ne ya tlhama leano la dingwaga di le tlhano la tshomarelo ya Mangau tsa Asia.[5]Kgato ya II ya CACP e ne ya tsenngwa tirisong ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le borobabongwe (2009), mme kgato ya boraro e ne ya kwalwa ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le lesome le borobabobedi (2018).[64]
Mo tshimologong ya dingwaga tsa bo dikete tse pedi borasaense go tswa kwa Setheong sa Thutatshelo ya Disele le Dimolekhule (Hyderabad) ba ne ba tshitshinya leano la go dira ditshwantsho tsa Mangau tsa Asia go tswa kwa Iran gore di tle di tsenngwe gape kwa India, mme Iran e ne ya gana tshitshinyo eo. Ka kgwedi ya Lwetse ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le borobabongwe (2009), Tona ya Tikologo le Dikgwa e ne ya abela Wildlife Trust ya India le Setheo sa Diphologolo tsa India tiro ya go sekaseka bokgoni jwa go reka Mangau tsa Aforika kwa India.Lefelo la Tshireletso ya Diphologolo tsa Naga la Kuno le Lefelo la Tshireletso ya Diphologolo tsa Naga la Nauradehi di ne tsa tshitshinngwa jaaka mafelo a go tsenngwa gape ga lengau ka ntlha ya kitlano e e kwa godimo ya diphologolo tse di bolawang. Le fa go ntse jalo, dithulaganyo tsa go tsenya ditshedi tseno gape di ne tsa emisiwa ka kgwedi ya Motsheganong ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le lesome le bobedi (2012) ke Kgotlatshekelokgolo ya India ka ntlha ya kganetsano ya sepolotiki le go tshwenyega ka go tsenngwa ga mofuta o o seng wa naga eno mo nageng eo. Baganetsi ba ne ba bolela gore leano leno e ne e se "kgetse ya go tsamaisa setshedi ka boomo go tsena mo karolong ya lefelo la sone la tlholego".Ka kgwedi ya Ferikgong e le masome a mabedi le borobabobedi ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le masome a mabedi (2020), Kgotlatshekelokgolo e ne ya letla puso ya bogareng go tlisa Mangau mo lefelong le le tshwanetseng la bonno kwa India ka go dira diteko go bona gore a di ka kgona go tlwaela lefelo leo.Ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le masome a mabedi (2020), India e saenile memorantamo wa kutlwano le Namibia jaaka karolo ya Porojeke ya lengau.Ka kgwedi ya Phukwi ka ngwaga dikete tse pedi le masome a mabedi le bobedi (2022), go ne ga itsisiwe gore Mangau di le robedi di tla fudusiwa go tswa kwa Namibia go ya kwa India ka kgwedi ya Phatwe.Mangau tse robedi di ne tsa gololwa kwa Phakeng ya Bosetšhaba ya Kuno ka kgwedi ya Lwetse e le lesome le bosupa ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le masome a mabedi le bobedi (2022.) Fa e sale di tsenngwa, di tsaletse dipotsanyane di le lesome le bosupa. Le fa go ntse jalo, ka kgwedi ya Lwetse ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le masome a mabedi le bone (2024), Mangau di le robedi tse di godileng le dipotsanyane di le nne di ne di setse di sule.[183]
Tirisanommogo le batho
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Lengau e ntse e thapisiwa bonolo go tloga bogologolo ke batlotlegi.[52] Ditshwantsho tsa ntlha tse di itsegeng tsa lengau di tswa kwa Logageng lwa Chauvet kwa Fora, tse di simolotseng ka 32,000–26,000 BC.[55] Go ya ka borahisitori ba ba jaaka Heinz Friederichs le Burchard Brentjes, lengau le ne la thapisiwa la ntlha kwa Sumer mme seno se ne sa anama ka iketlo go ya kwa bogareng le kwa bokone jwa Afrika, go tswa kwa e neng ya fitlha kwa India. Bosupi jwa seno ke jwa ditshwantsho thata; ka sekai, sekano sa Ba-Sumeria sa c. 3000 BC, e e nang le phologolo e e nang le maoto a maleele e e bofilweng ka thapo e tlhotlheleditse diphopholetso tsa gore lengau e ne ya thapisiwa la ntlha kwa Sumer. Le fa go ntse jalo, Thomas Allsen o bolela gore phologolo e e tshwantshitsweng e ka tswa e le nša e kgolo.Borahisitori ba bangwe, jaaka Frederick Zeuner, ba nnile le kakanyo ya gore [65]Baegepeto ba bogologolo ke bone ba ntlha go thapisa lengau, go tswa kwa e neng ya anama ka iketlo go ya kwa Asia bogare, Iran le India.[66]
Fa go bapisiwa, dikgopolo tsa go thapisa lengau kwa Egepeto di nonofile mme di akaretsa mela ya nako e e tshitshinngwang mo motheong ono.[67] Mafdet, mongwe wa medimo ya bogologolo ya Egepeto e e neng e obamelwa ka nako ya Puso ya Ntlha (3100–2900 BC), ka dinako tse dingwe o ne a tshwantshiwa jaaka lengau. Baegepeto ba bogologolo ba ne ba dumela gore meya ya bo-Faro ba ba tlhokafetseng e ne e tsewa ke Mangau. [66]Ditshwantsho tse di takilweng mo tempeleng ya Deir el-Bahari di bolela ka leeto la Baegepeto go ya kwa Lefatsheng la Punt ka nako ya puso ya ga Hatshepsut (1507–1458 BC) le le neng la tsaya, gareng ga tse dingwe, diphologolo tse di bidiwang "dipanther". Ka nako ya Bogosi jo Bošwa (dingwagakgolo tsa bo lesome le borataro go ya go tsa bo lesome le motso BC), Mangau e ne e le diruiwa tse di tlwaelegileng tsa segosi, tse di neng di di kgabisa ka dikholara tse di kgabisitsweng le dithapo.Ditshwantsho tse di betlilweng mo mafikeng tse di bontshang Mangau a simololang dingwaga di le 2000–6000 tse di fetileng di fitlhetswe kwa Twyfelfontein; ga go a ribololwa sepe se sengwe mabapi le go thapisa Mangau (kgotsa dikatse tse dingwe) kwa borwa jwa Aforika.[66]
Go tsoma Mangau go itsege mo botaking jwa Searabia jwa pele ga Boiselamo go tswa kwa Yemen. Go tsoma ka Mangau go ne ga anama thata go ela kwa lekgolong la bosupa la dingwaga AD. Kwa Botlhabagare, lengau le ne le tla tsamaya le batho ba maemo go ya go tsoma mo setulong se se kgethegileng se se neng se le kafa morago ga sale. Go thapisa e ne e le tiro e e raraaneng mme e ne e ka tsaya ngwaga go e wetsa.[68]Baroma ba ka tswa ba ne ba bitsa lengau ba re ke lengau (λεοπάρδος) kgotsa leontopardos (λεοντόπαρδος), ba dumela gore ke motswako wa lengau le tau ka ntlha ya mantle a a bonwang mo lengau botshwarwa.[188] lengau ya Roma e e tsomang e tshwantshitswe mo setshwantshong sa lekgolo la bo bone la dingwaga go tswa kwa Lod, kwa Iseraele. Mangau di ne tsa tswelela go dirisiwa go fitlha ka nako ya Byzantine ya Mmusomogolo wa Roma, ka "mangau a a tsomang" a umakiwa mo Cynegetica (283/284 AD).[69]
Kwa botlhaba jwa Asia, direkoto di a tlhakatlhakanya ka gonne maina a kgaolo a lengau le lengau a ka dirisiwa ka go ananya. Setshwantsho sa ntlha sa Mangau go tswa kwa botlhaba jwa Asia se simolotse kwa morago kwa losikeng lwa ga Tang (lekgolo la bo supa go ya go la bo lesome la dingwaga AD); ditshwantsho tse di takilweng di bontsha di- lengau tse di bofilweng le di- lengau tse di palameng dipitse. Babusi ba China ba ne ba tla dirisa di- lengau le di- caracal jaaka dimpho. Mo lekgolong la bo lesome le boraro le la bo lesome le bone la dingwaga, babusi ba Yuan ba ne ba reka di- lengau di le dintsi kwa dikarolong tse di kwa bophirima jwa mmusomogolo le kwa barekising ba Bamoseleme. Go ya ka Ming Shilu, losika lwa segosi lwa Ming lo lo neng lwa latela (lekgolo la bo lesome le bone go ya go la bo lesome le bosupa la dingwaga) lo ne lwa tswelela ka mokgwa ono.[70]Ditshwantsho tsa mabitla go tswa kwa mmusomogolong wa Mongol, tse di simolotseng ka nako ya puso ya ga Kublai Khan (1260–1294 AD), di emela Mangau tse di palameng dipitse.Mmusi wa Mughal Akbar yo Mogolo (1556–1605 AD) go bolelwa fa a ne a boloka Mangau tsa khasa (tsa mmusimogolo) di ka nna sekete.[70]Morwawe Jahangir o ne a kwala mo dikgopolong tsa gagwe, Tuzk-e-Jahangiri, gore ke mongwe fela wa bone yo o neng a tshola.Babusi ba Mughal ba ne ba thapisa Mangau le di-caracal ka tsela e e tshwanang le ya batho ba Asia ba bophirima, mme ba di dirisa go tsoma diphologolo, bogolosegolo blackbuck. Go tsoma go go neng go aname go ne ga ama thata palo ya diphologolo tsa naga kwa India; ka 1927, Mangau di ne tsa tshwanelwa ke go rekwa go tswa kwa Aforika.[71]
Mo botshwarong
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Lengau ya ntlha go tlisiwa mo botshwarong mo di-zoo e ne e le kwa Zoological Society ya London ka ngwaga wa sekete, makgolo a robabobedi le masome a mabedi le borobabongwe (1829). Mangau tsa ntlha tse di neng di tshwerwe di bontshitse seelo se se kwa godimo sa dintsho, ka palogare ya botshelo jwa dingwaga di le 3–4. Morago ga gore kgwebisano ya Mangau tsa naga e kgaoganngwe ke go tsenngwa tirisong ga CITES ka ngwaga wa sekete,makgolo a robabongwe le masome a supa le botlhano (1975), go ne ga dirwa maiteko a mangwe a go tsadisa mo botshwarong; ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le lesome le bone (2014) palo ya Mangau tse di tshwerweng lefatshe ka bophara e ne e fopholediwa go nna sekete, makgolo a supa le masome a mararo , ka 87% e e tsholetsweng mo botshwarong.[72]
Dintsho tse di ka fa tlase ga botshwarwa ka kakaretso di kwa godimo; ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le lesome le bone (2014), 23% ya Mangau a tshwerweng lefatshe ka bophara a sule a le ka fa tlase ga ngwaga o le mongwe, bontsi jwa tsone mo lobakeng lwa kgwedi morago ga go tsholwa.[73] Le fa thutopatlisiso ya papiso go tswa ka ngwaga wa sekete,makgolo a robabongwe le masome a robabobedi le botlhano (1985) e fitlhetse gore dintsho tsa bana ba lengau ka 24% ka kakaretso di ne di le kwa tlase ga palogare ya 33% mo diamusi di le lesome le bosupa tse di jang nama, go akaretsa le di-felid di le 9; dintsho tsa bana ba lengau e ne e le tsa bobedi tse di kwa tlase mo gare ga di-felid.[73]Dintsho di bakwa ke mabaka a le mmalwa—go tsholwa ga bana ba ba suleng, go nna le digole mo pelegeng, go tlhokomologiwa ke bomme le malwetse.[73]Fa di bapisiwa le di- felid tse dingwe, di- lengau di tlhoka tlhokomelo e e kgethegileng ka ntlha ya go tlhaselwa thata ke malwetse a a bakiwang ke go ngomoga pelo; seno se amana le go fetogafetoga ga tsone go go kwa tlase ga dijini le mabaka a botshelo jwa botshwarwa.Malwetse a a tlwaelegileng a Mangau a akaretsa mogare wa herpes wa katse, peritonitis e e tshelanwang ya katse, bolwetse jwa mala, bolwetse jwa glomerulosclerosis, bolwetse jwa boboko jo bonnye, bolwetse jwa methapo, bolwetse jwa diphilo le bolwetse jwa go thibela ditshika.[74]Kitlano e e kwa godimo ya Mangau mo lefelong, go nna gaufi le diphologolo tse dingwe tse dikgolo tse di jang nama mo mafelong a a ageletsweng, go sa tshwarwe sentle, go nna mo setšhabeng le go tsamaya kgapetsakgapetsa magareng ga di-zoo e ka nna metswedi ya kgatelelo mo Mangau. Mekgwa ya taolo e e kgothalediwang ya Mangau e akaretsa go fitlhelela kwa ntle ka tsela e e bulegileng le e e lekaneng, go fokotsa kgatelelo ka go ikatisa le go tshwara go go lekanyeditsweng, le go latela diporothokholo tse di siameng tsa go godisa diatla (bogolo jang mo go tse di namagadi tse di imileng).[75]
Mangau tsa naga ke barui ba ba atlegileng thata go feta Mangau tse di tshwerweng[76]Mo patlisisong kwa Serengeti, ditshegadi di fitlhetswe di na le seelo sa katlego sa 95% mo tsadisong, fa di bapisiwa le 20% e e kwadilweng mo Mangau tse di tshwerweng kwa Amerika Bokone mo patlisisong e nngwe.[77]Ka ngwaga wa Ngwanatsele ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le lesome le bosupa (2017), lengau le ne la tsala bana ba le robedi kwa Serapa sa Diphologolo sa Saint Louis, mme seno sa tlhoma rekoto ya go tshola bana ba le bantsi thata ba ba kwadilweng ke Mokgatlho wa Dirapa tsa Diphologolo le Di-Aquarium.Dikgonagalo tsa go nyalana ka katlego mo banneng ba ba tshwerweng di ka tokafadiwa ka go boeletsa ditlhopha tsa loago jaaka dikopano tse di lemogilweng kwa nageng.[78]
Ditlhaselo tsa batho
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]Ga go na direkoto tse di kwadilweng tsa ditlhaselo tse di bolayang tsa batho ke Mangau tsa naga.[79]Le fa go ntse jalo, go nnile le ditiragalo tsa batho ba ba neng ba tlhaselwa thata ke di- lengau tse di tshwerweng. Ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le bosupa (2007), mosadi wa dingwaga di le masome a mararo le bosupa go tswa kwa Antwerp o ne a bolawa ke lengau kwa di-zoo tsa Belgium morago ga go tsena ka bokukuntshwane mo serubing sa yone kwa ntle ga diura tsa ketelo.Ka ngwaga wa dikete tse pedi le lesome le bosupa (2017), ngwana wa dingwaga di le tharo o ne a tlhaselwa ke lengau le le tshwerweng kwa polasing nngwe kwa Philippolis, mo Afrika Borwa. Le fa a ne a isiwa kwa bookelong ka sefofane kwa Bloemfontein, mosimane yono o ne a tlhokafala ka ntlha ya dikgobalo tsa gagwe.[80]
Mo setsong
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]lengau e ile ya bontshiwa thata mo ditshwantshong tse di farologaneng tsa botaki. Mo go Bacchus le Ariadne, setshwantsho se se takilweng ka oli se se takilweng ke motaki wa Motadiana wa lekgolo la bo lesome le borataro la dingwaga e bong Titian, kara ya modimo wa Bagerika e bong Dionysus (Bacchus) e tshwantshitswe e gogwa ke mangau a mabedi. Mangau tse di mo setshwantshong seno pele di ne di tsewa e le mangau.[81]Ka ngwaga wa sekete, makgolo a supa le masome a marataro le bone (1764), motaki wa Moesemane George Stubbs o ne a gopola mpho ya lengau go Kgosi George III ke Mmusi wa Moesemane wa Madras, Sir George Pigot mo setshwantshong sa gagwe sa Lengapu le Batlhokomedi ba Babedi ba Baindia le Kgama. Setshwantsho se bontsha lengau, le apesitswe hutshe le kholara ke batlhanka ba babedi ba Maindia, mmogo le tshephe e e neng e tshwanetse go e ja.Setshwantsho sa ngwaga wa sekete, makgolo a robabobedi le masome a robabongwe le borataro (1896) sa The Caress ka motaki wa tshwantshetso wa Belgium wa lekgolo la bo lesome le borobabongwe la dingwaga Fernand Khnopff ke setshwantsho sa tlhamane ya ga Oedipus le Sphinx mme se bontsha setshedi se se nang le tlhogo ya mosadi le mmele wa lengau.[82]
Go ya ka moithutabomodimo Philip Schaff, "lengau" le le umakilweng mo go Habakuke 1:8 tota e ka tswa e le lengau.[83]
Metswedi
[fetola | Fetola Motswedi]
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