Reedbuck
Reedbucks | |
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Bohor reedbuck | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Reduncinae |
Genus: | Redunca Hamilton Smith, 1827 |
Species | |
Redunca arundinum |
Reedbuck is a common name for African antelopes from the genus Redunca.[1] The reedbuck is 60 up to 90 cm. Its color is reddish brown. The reedbuck lives in eastern Africa Mozambique, Botswana, Somalia and part of Tanzania. These species are:
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Redunca arundinum | Southern reedbuck | Gabon and Tanzania to South Africa | |
Redunca fulvorufula | Mountain reedbuck | sub-Saharan Africa. | |
Redunca redunca | Bohor reedbuck | Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania and Togo | |
References
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Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Reedbuck". Encyclopædia Britannica. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 974.
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