Reduncinae

Reduncinae Temporal range: Late Miocene to Recent
Kob
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Synapsida
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Reduncinae Meyer, 1907
Genera
Kobus Redunca

The subfamily Reduncinae is composed of eight species of antelopes, 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 (Mya) in Eurasia and 6.6 Mya in Africa.

• FAMILY BOVIDAE
  • Subfamily Bovinae: cattle and spiral-horned antelopes, 24 species in 9 genera
  • Subfamily Cephalophinae: duikers, 19 species in two genera
  • Subfamily Hippotraginae: grazing antelopes, 23 species in 11 genera
  • Subfamily Antilopinae: 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, one species
  • Subfamily Peleinae: rhebok, one species
  • Subfamily Alcelaphinae: wildebeest, seven species in four genera

Alternate subclassification

• Adenota is an alternate genus or subgenus composed of the kob and puku.^[1]

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