Reduncinae
The bovid subfamily Reduncinae or tribe Reduncini is composed of nine species of antelope, all of which dwell in marshes, floodplains, or other well-watered areas, including the waterbucks and reedbucks. 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
- *** Grey rhebok, Pelea capreolus
- ** Genus †Menelikia
- ***Menelikia leakeyi
- ***Menelikia lyrocera
- ** Genus †Procobus
- ***Procobus brauneri
- ***Procobus melania
- ** Genus †Sivacobus
- ***Sivacobus palaeindicus
- ***Sivacobus patulicornis
- ***Sivacobus sankaliai
- ** Genus †Thaleroceros
- ***Thaleroceros radiciformis
- ** Genus †Zephyreduncinus
- ***''Zephyreduncinus oundagaisus''
Alternate classification
- Adenota is an alternate genus or subgenus composed of the kob and puku.