- Reduncinae
Taxobox
name = Waterbucks, Reedbucks
fossil_range = LateMiocene to Recent
image_width = 250px
image_caption =Kob
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Artiodactyla
familia =Bovidae
subfamilia = Reduncinae
subfamilia_authority = Meyer, 1907
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Kobus"
"Redunca"The subfamily Reduncinae is composed 8
species ofantelope all of which dwell inmarsh es,floodplain s or other well-watered areas, including thewaterbuck s andreedbuck s. These antelopes first appeared in fossil record 7.4 million years ago inEurasia and 6.6mya inAfrica .* FAMILY BOVIDAE
** SubfamilyBovinae : 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
** SubfamilyAntilopinae : 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
** SubfamilyAlcelaphinae : wildebeest, 7 species in 4 generaAlternate sub-classification
* "
Adenota " is an alternate genus or sub-genus composed of kob and puku. (Nowak 1991)
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