Reduncinae

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Waterbucks, Reedbucks
Fossil range: Late Miocene to Recent
Kob
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Reduncinae
Meyer, 1907
Genera

Kobus
Redunca

The subfamily Reduncinae is composed 8 species of antelope all of which dwell in marshes, floodplains or other well-watered areas, including the waterbucks and reedbucks. These antelopes first appeared in fossil record 7.4 million years ago in Eurasia and 6.6 mya in Africa.

[edit] Alternate sub-classification

  • Adenota is an alternate genus or sub-genus composed of kob and puku. (Nowak 1991)