Reduncinae
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| Waterbucks, Reedbucks Temporal range: Late Miocene to Recent |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Reduncinae Meyer, 1907 |
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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.
- FAMILY BOVIDAE
- Subfamily Bovinae: cattle and spiral-horned antelopes, 24 species in 9 genera
- Subfamily Cephalophinae: duikers, 19 species in 2 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
- Genus Kobus
- Subfamily Aepycerotinae: impala, 1 species in 1 genus
- Subfamily Peleinae: rhebok, 1 species in 1 genus
- Subfamily Alcelaphinae: wildebeest, 7 species in 4 genera
[edit] Alternate sub-classification
- Adenota is an alternate genus or sub-genus composed of kob and puku. (Nowak 1991)
