Reedbuck
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| Reedbucks | |
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| Bohor reedbuck | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Reduncinae |
| Genus: | Redunca Hamilton Smith, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Antilope redunca Pallas, 1767
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Reedbuck is a common name for African antelopes from the genus Redunca.[1]
Reedbucks are reddish brown and are 60 to 90 cm (24 to 35 in).[clarification needed] There are three recognised species of reedbuck:
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Redunca arundinum | Southern reedbuck | Gabon and Tanzania to South Africa |
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Redunca fulvorufula | Mountain reedbuck | sub-Saharan Africa. |
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Redunca redunca | Bohor reedbuck | Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda. |
References
[edit]- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 974.
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