The

bovid The Bovidae comprise the family (biology), biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes Bos, cattle, bison, Bubalina, buffalo, antelopes (including Caprinae, goat-antelopes), Ovis, sheep and Capra (genus), goats. A member o ...

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

Reduncinae or

tribe The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...

Reduncini is composed of nine

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

antelope The term antelope refers to numerous extant or recently extinct species of the ruminant artiodactyl family Bovidae that are indigenous to most of Africa, India, the Middle East, Central Asia, and a small area of Eastern Europe. Antelopes do ...

, all of which dwell in

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es,

floodplain A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river. Floodplains stretch from the banks of a river channel to the base of the enclosing valley, and experience flooding during periods of high Discharge (hydrolog ...

s, or other well-watered areas, including the

waterbuck The waterbuck (''Kobus ellipsiprymnus'') is a large antelope found widely in sub-Saharan Africa. It is placed in the genus ''Kobus (antelope), Kobus'' of the family Bovidae. It was first Scientific description, described by Irish naturalist Will ...

s and reedbucks. These antelopes first appear in the fossil record 7.4 million years ago in

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and 6.6 Mya in

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

Taxonomy

* Family

Bovidae The Bovidae comprise the family (biology), biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes Bos, cattle, bison, Bubalina, buffalo, antelopes (including Caprinae, goat-antelopes), Ovis, sheep and Capra (genus), goats. A member o ...

** Subfamily Reduncinae *** Genus '' Kobus'' ****

Waterbuck The waterbuck (''Kobus ellipsiprymnus'') is a large antelope found widely in sub-Saharan Africa. It is placed in the genus ''Kobus (antelope), Kobus'' of the family Bovidae. It was first Scientific description, described by Irish naturalist Will ...

, ''Kobus ellipsiprymnus'' **** Kob, ''Kobus kob'' **** Lechwe, ''Kobus leche'' **** Nile lechwe, ''Kobus megaceros'' ****

Puku The puku (''Kobus vardonii'') is a medium-sized antelope found in wet grasslands in southern Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia and more concentrated in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Nearly one-third of all puku are found ...

, ''Kobus vardonii'' *** Genus '' Redunca'' ****

Southern reedbuck The southern reedbuck, rietbok or common reedbuck (''Redunca arundinum'') is a diurnal antelope typically found in southern Africa. It was first described by Pieter Boddaert, a Dutch physician and naturalist, in 1785. It is placed in the genu ...

, ''Redunca arundinum'' **** Mountain reedbuck, ''Redunca fulvorufula'' **** Bohor reedbuck, ''Redunca redunca'' *** Genus '' Pelea'' ****

Grey rhebok The grey rhebok (''Pelea capreolus''), locally known as the ''vaalribbok'' in Afrikaans, is a species of antelope native to South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini. The specific name ''capreolus'' is Latin for 'little goat'. Description left, A ...

, ''Pelea capreolus'' *** Genus †'' Menelikia'' ****''Menelikia leakeyi'' ****''Menelikia lyrocera'' *** Genus †'' Procobus'' ****''Procobus brauneri'' ****''Procobus melania'' *** Genus †'' Sivacobus'' (Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene of the Indian subcontinent) ****''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.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q132631 Mammal tribes