Biology:Reduncinae

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Short description: Subfamily of mammals

Reduncinae
Temporal range: Late Miocene to Present
Uganda-Kob.jpg
Kob
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Reduncinae
Knottnerus-Meyer, 1907
Genera

Kobus
Redunca
Pelea

The bovid subfamily Reduncinae or tribe Reduncini[1] is composed of nine species of antelope, all of which dwell in marshes, floodplains, or other well-watered areas, including the waterbucks and reedbucks.[2] These antelopes first appear in the fossil record 7.4 million years ago in Eurasia and 6.6 Mya in Africa.

Taxonomy

  • Family Bovidae
    • Subfamily Reduncinae
      • Genus Kobus
        • 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 Pelea
      • Genus †Menelikia
        • Menelikia leakeyi
        • Menelikia lyrocera
      • Genus †Procobus
        • Procobus brauneri
        • Procobus melania
      • Genus †Sivacobus (Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene of the Indian subcontinent)[3]
        • Sivacobus palaeindicus
        • Sivacobus patulicornis
        • Sivacobus sankaliai (Late Pleistocene)
      • Genus †Thaleroceros
        • Thaleroceros radiciformis
      • Genus †Zephyreduncinus
        • Zephyreduncinus oundagaisus

Alternate classification

  • Adenota is an alternate genus or subgenus composed of the kob and puku.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q132631 entry