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Kobus (antelope)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Bovidae

Genus
  
Kobus Smith, 1840

Height
  
Waterbuck: 1.2 – 1.4 m

Gestation period
  
Puku: 258 days

Order
  
Artiodactyla

Subfamily
  
Reduncinae

Scientific name
  
Kobus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Higher classification
  
Reduncinae

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Mass
  
Waterbuck: 200 – 300 kg, Puku: 71 kg

Lower classifications
  
Waterbuck, Lechwe, Kob, Puku, Nile lechwe

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
  • Upemba lechwe (K. anselli)
  • Waterbuck (K. ellipsiprymnus)
  • Kob (K. kob)
  • Lechwe (K. leche)
  • Nile lechwe (K. megaceros)
  • Puku (K. vardonii)
  • References

    Kobus (antelope) Wikipedia


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