Reduncinae Explained

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.^[1] 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)^[2]
      • 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.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Subfamily Reduncinae - Rhebok, reedbucks, and waterbucks. www.ultimateungulate.com. 2019-08-01.
2. Vrba. Elisabeth S.. Bibi. Faysal. Costa. August G.. 2015-07-04. First Asian record of a late Pleistocene reduncine (Artiodactyla, Bovidae, Reduncini), Sivacobus sankaliai, sp. nov., from Gopnath (Miliolite Formation) Gujarat, India, and a revision of the Asian genus Sivacobus Pilgrim, 1939. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. en. 35. 4. e943399. 10.1080/02724634.2014.943399. 2015JVPal..35E3399V . 83914701 . 0272-4634.
3. Ronald. H. Pine. 1993-02-19. Nowak, R. M. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, 5th ed., 1: i–xlviii + 1–642 + xlix–lxiii and 2: i–xiii + 643–1629 pp. ISBN 0-8018-3970-X. Price (hardbound). Journal of Mammalogy. en. 74. 1. 236–238. 10.2307/1381927. 0022-2372. 1381927.