Reduncinae

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.

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

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 (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]