Kobus (antelope)

Kobus (antelope)

Taxobox
name = "Kobus"



image_caption = male "K. vardonii"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Artiodactyla
familia = Bovidae
subfamilia = Reduncinae
genus = "Kobus"
genus_authority = Smith, 1840
type_species = "Antilope ellipsiprymnus"
type_species_authority = Ogilby, 1833
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "6, see text"

"Kobus" is a genus containing 6 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"MSW3 Groves|pages=] 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]
** Upemba Lechwe ("Kobus anselli").
** Waterbuck ("Kobus ellipsiprymnus").
** Kob ("Kobus kob").
** Lechwe ("Kobus leche").
** Nile Lechwe ("Kobus megaceros").
** Puku ("Kobus vardonii").

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