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The waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) is a large antelope found in sub-Saharan Africa. It was first described by Irish naturalist William Ogilby in 1833. The waterbuck is predominantly a grazer and is mostly found on grassland.
The lechwe (Kobus leche) is an antelope found in south-central Africa. These graceful animals live in marshy areas where they are important herbivores of aquatic plants and use knee-deep water as protection from predators.
The puku (Kobus vardonii ) is a medium-sized antelope found in wet grasslands in southern Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia and more concentrated in the okavango delta in Botswana. Nearly one-third of all puku are found in...
The kob (Kobus kob ) is an antelope found across Central Africa and parts of West Africa and East Africa. Together with the closely related reedbucks, waterbucks, lechwe, Nile lechwe, and puku, it forms the Reduncinae tribe. Found along the northern...
The grey rhebok or grey rhebuck (Pelea capreolus ), locally known as the reebok in Afrikaans, is a species of antelope native to South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini (Swaziland). The specific name capreolus is Latin for 'little goat', it is the only...
The mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula ) is an antelope found in mountainous areas of much of sub-Saharan Africa.
The Ugandan kob (Kobus kob thomasi) is a subspecies of the kob. It appears on the coat of arms of Uganda, along with a Grey crowned crane, representing the abundant wildlife present in the country.
The bohor reedbuck (Redunca redunca ) is an antelope native to central Africa. The animal is placed under the genus Redunca and in the family Bovidae. It was first described by German zoologist and botanist Peter Simon Pallas in 1767. The bohor...
The southern reedbuck, rietbok or common reedbuck (Redunca arundinum ) is a diurnal antelope typically found in southern Africa. It was first described by Pieter Boddaert, a Dutch physician and naturalist, in 1785. It is placed in the genus Redunca...
The Nile lechwe or Mrs Gray's lechwe (Kobus megaceros ) is an endangered species of antelope found in swamps and grasslands in Sudan and Ethiopia.
The Upemba lechwe (Kobus leche anselli ) is a subspecies of antelope found only in the Upemba wetlands in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was described in 2005, after analysis of 35 museum specimens collected in 1926 and 1947–8. Some...
The Kafue lechwe (Kobus leche kafuensis ) is a subspecies of the southern lechwe. It is endemic to the Kafue Flats, Zambia. It is listed on the IUCN Red List as vulnerable.
Roberts' lechwe (Kobus leche robertsi ) or Kawambwa lechwe is an extinct subspecies of lechwe. It was found around Kawambwa, Zambia.
