Common Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Common Waterbuck male
Common Waterbuck female
Common Waterbuck female
There are six species of "Kobus" Waterbucks, all African water-/marsh-loving antelopes. An oily secretion waterproofs their legs. Male Waterbucks are larger than females, often darker and have large horns. Shown is the Common Waterbuck native to south and central Africa.
Common Waterbuck
Common Waterbuck
Common Waterbuck
There are two subspecies of Common Waterbuck, which interbreed where ranges overlap. Above is Kobus ellipsiprymnus ellipsen, with its distinctive and comical pale circle on its bottom.
Common Waterbuck male
Common Waterbuck male
Common Waterbuck female
The Common Waterbuck above is Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa. It is native to central Africa (west to east sub-Sahara) and does not have the white circle on its rump but has a white bottom.
Common Waterbuck male
Common Waterbuck male
Common Waterbuck female
More "defassa" waterbucks. The "defassa" subspecies has been hunted to extinction in many areas and remains threatened by poaching in the remaining, protected areas.
Ellipsen Waterbuck The "ellipsen" subspecies is also mainly restricted to protected areas.
  
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