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Defassa waterbuck (Kobus defassa)
Defassa waterbuck (Kobus defassa)

Kobus

mammalian genus
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Kobus, genus of antelopes, family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla), containing about six speciesā€”the waterbucks and lechwes, the kob, and the puku. Members of this genus are native to Africa south of the Sahara. They usually live in herds and are generally found near water, in such places as plains, woodlands, swamps, and flood plains. Shoulder height ranges from 75ā€“100 centimetres (30ā€“39 inches) in the puku (Kobus vardoni) to about 130 cm in the common (K. ellipsiprymnus)...

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