Kobus (antelope)
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| Kobus | |
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| 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 |
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| Species | |
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6, see text |
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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[edit]
- Genus Kobus[1][2]
- Upemba lechwe (K. anselli)
- Waterbuck (K. ellipsiprymnus)
- Kob (K. kob)
- Lechwe (K. leche)
- Nile lechwe (K. megaceros)
- Puku (K. vardonii)
References[edit]
- ^ 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. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ 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
