Adenota

Adenota

"Adenota" is an alternative genus or sub-genus within the Reduncinae sub-family of family Bovidae, composed of the species "Kobus kob" (Kob) and "Kobus vardonii" (Puku). [DuVal, E. 2000. "Kobus kob" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed September 21, 2006 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Kobus_kob.html.] It was described by Nowak in 1991. [Nowak, R. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World, fifth edition. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press.]

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