Kobus (antelope)

Kobus is a genus containing six species of African antelopes, all of which are associated with marshes, floodplains, or other grassy areas near water. They are sexually dimorphic, with females being smaller and lacking the horns of the males.

Kobus
male K. vardonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Reduncinae
Genus: Kobus
Smith, 1840
Type species
Antilope ellipsiprymnus
Ogilby, 1833
Species

Six; see text

Species
ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
K. anselliUpemba lechweDemocratic Republic of Congo
K. ellipsiprymnusWaterbucksub-Saharan Africa
K. kobKobSub-Saharan Africa, in Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria and some part of Senegal to South Sudan
K. lecheLechwesouth central Africa
K. megacerosNile lechweSouth Sudan and Ethiopia
K. vardoniiPukusouthern Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zambia
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References
  1. Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Cotterill, F.D.P. 2005. The Upemba lechwe, Kobus anselli: an antelope new to science emphasizes the conservation importance of Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of Zoology, 265: 113-132


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