Kobus

• Defassa waterbuck Kobus defassa

  

  The Defassa form has a solid white rump patch rather than the white ring of the common waterbuck. At Nechisar in southern Ethiopia, a 2016–17 study recorded mainly grazing, with more browsing in the dry season.

• Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus

  

  A shaggy antelope of grassland near water.

• Kafue Flats lechwe Kobus kafuensis

  

  Male Kafue Flats lechwe have a distinct shoulder patch that joins the foreleg stripe and longer horns than the typical red lechwe. The form is restricted to Zambia’s Kafue Flats.

• Buffon's Kob Kobus kob

  

  The kob is an African antelope of grasslands and wetlands, feeding on grasses and reeds.

• Lechwe Kobus leche

  

  A wetland antelope that grazes while standing in shallow water.

• Nile Lechwe Kobus megaceros

  

  An antelope of seasonally flooded wetlands and a capable swimmer.

• Black lechwe Kobus smithemani

  Black lechwe are smaller and darker than other lechwe, and males have shorter horns. Along Lake Bangweulu in Zambia, they move seasonally as water levels change.

• Uganda Kob Kobus thomasi

  The Uganda Kob is an East African kob with a white underside, eye-rings, and a throat patch. It mainly eats grasses and reeds. Females and young males form groups, move along watercourses, and graze in valley bottoms.

• Puku Kobus vardonii

  A southern and central African antelope of grasslands and floodplains. It shifts away from flooded areas in the rainy season and stays closer to water during the dry season.

• Upemba lechwe Kobus anselli

  Kobus anselli is a lechwe with a reddish-brown back and white underparts. It was described from the Upemba wetlands of southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• Kobus barbarus
• White-eared Kob Kobus leucotis

  A survey conducted in 2021 and published in 2022 photographed one male in Omo National Park. It recorded white markings on his dark coat and reported the park’s first record, extending the known Ethiopian range eastward.

• Lechwe Kobus leche

  A wetland antelope that grazes while standing in shallow water.

• Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus

  A shaggy antelope of grassland near water.

• Nile Lechwe Kobus megaceros

  An antelope of seasonally flooded wetlands and a capable swimmer.

• Buffon's Kob Kobus kob

  The kob is an African antelope of grasslands and wetlands, feeding on grasses and reeds.

• Kafue Flats lechwe Kobus kafuensis

  Male Kafue Flats lechwe have a distinct shoulder patch that joins the foreleg stripe and longer horns than the typical red lechwe. The form is restricted to Zambia’s Kafue Flats.

• Uganda Kob Kobus thomasi

  The Uganda Kob is an East African kob with a white underside, eye-rings, and a throat patch. It mainly eats grasses and reeds. Females and young males form groups, move along watercourses, and graze in valley bottoms.

• Defassa waterbuck Kobus defassa

  The Defassa form has a solid white rump patch rather than the white ring of the common waterbuck. At Nechisar in southern Ethiopia, a 2016–17 study recorded mainly grazing, with more browsing in the dry season.

• Puku Kobus vardonii

  A southern and central African antelope of grasslands and floodplains. It shifts away from flooded areas in the rainy season and stays closer to water during the dry season.

• Black lechwe Kobus smithemani

  Black lechwe are smaller and darker than other lechwe, and males have shorter horns. Along Lake Bangweulu in Zambia, they move seasonally as water levels change.