Kobus (antelope)

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

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.

Species

Genus Kobus[1][2]

Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
K. anselli	Upemba lechwe	Democratic Republic of Congo
K. ellipsiprymnus	Waterbuck	sub-Saharan Africa
K. kob	Kob	Sub-Saharan Africa, in Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria and some part of Senegal to South Sudan
K. leche	Lechwe	south central Africa
K. megaceros	Nile lechwe	South Sudan and Ethiopia
K. vardonii	Puku	southern Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zambia

References

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.
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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[msw3-1] 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.

[new-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