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 (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.

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