Reduncinae

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Waterbucks, Reedbucks
Temporal range: Late Miocene to Recent
Kob
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Reduncinae
Meyer, 1907
Genera

Kobus
Redunca

The subfamily Reduncinae is composed 8 species of antelope all of which dwell in marshes, floodplains or other well-watered areas, including the waterbucks and reedbucks. These antelopes first appeared in fossil record 7.4 million years ago in Eurasia and 6.6 mya in Africa.

  • FAMILY BOVIDAE
    • Subfamily Bovinae: cattle and spiral-horned antelopes, 24 species in 9 genera
    • Subfamily Cephalophinae: duikers, 19 species in 2 genera
    • Subfamily Hippotraginae: grazing antelopes, 23 species in 11 genera
    • Subfamily Antilopinae: gazelles, dwarf antelopes and the saiga, 38 species in 14 genera
    • Subfamily Caprinae: sheep, goats, 26 species in 12 genera
    • Subfamily Reduncinae
      • Genus Kobus
        • Upemba lechwe, Kobus anselli
        • Waterbuck, Kobus ellipsiprymnus
        • Kob, Kobus kob
        • Lechwe, Kobus leche
        • Nile Lechwe, Kobus megaceros
        • Puku, Kobus vardonii
      • Genus Redunca
        • Southern Reedbuck, Redunca arundinum
        • Mountain Reedbuck, Redunca fulvorufula
        • Bohor Reedbuck, Redunca redunca
    • Subfamily Aepycerotinae: impala, 1 species in 1 genus
    • Subfamily Peleinae: rhebok, 1 species in 1 genus
    • Subfamily Alcelaphinae: wildebeest, 7 species in 4 genera

Alternate sub-classification

  • Adenota is an alternate genus or sub-genus composed of kob and puku. (Nowak 1991)

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