| Kobus | |
|---|---|
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| A male Puku (K. vardonii) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Reduncinae |
| Genus: | Kobus Smith, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Antilope ellipsiprymnus Ogilby, 1833 | |
| Species | |
Six; see text | |
Kobus is agenus containing sixspecies of Africanantelopes, all of which are associated withmarshes,floodplains, or other grassy areas near water. They aresexually dimorphic, with females being smaller and lacking the horns of the males.
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| K. anselli | Upemba lechwe | Upemba wetlands, Democratic Republic of Congo | |
.jpg) | K. ellipsiprymnus | Waterbuck | Northern South Africa north to Chad and west to Côte d'Ivoire |
_male.jpg) | K. kob | Kob | Senegal east to South Sudan and south to Uganda |
 | K. leche | Lechwe | Botswana, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Angola |
 | K. megaceros | Nile lechwe | South Sudan and Ethiopia |
 | K. vardonii | Puku | Southern Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Tanzania, and Zambia |
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