Reedbuck
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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 |
Type species | |
Antilope redunca Pallas, 1767
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Species | |
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Reedbuck is a common name for African antelopes from the genus Redunca.[1] Reedbucks are reddish brown and are 60 to 90 cm (24 to 35 in).[clarification needed] There are three recognised species of reedbuck:
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Redunca arundinum | Southern reedbuck | Gabon and Tanzania to South Africa |
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Redunca fulvorufula | Mountain reedbuck | sub-Saharan Africa. |
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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, Togo and Uganda |
Southern Reedbuck[edit]
Habitat and diet[edit]
The Southern Reedbuck lives in the grasslands of Africa. They eat the vegetation on the grasslands, which is usually grass and reed shoots.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 974. .
- ^ Taylor, Barry (2004). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia (vol. 16). Gale. p. 37.