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Also known as: Kobus kob
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Richard Estes
Research Associate, Center for Tropical Ecology and Conservation, Antioch University, Keene, N.H. Research Associate, Conservation and Research Center, Smithsonian Institution. Author of The Behavior...
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kob, (Kobus kob), small, stocky African antelope (tribe Reduncini, family Bovidae) that occurs in large numbers on floodplains of the northern savanna. The kob ranges from Senegal in the west to the Ethiopian border in the east and southward into western Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. There are three distinct subspecies: the western kob (Kobus kob kob), the Uganda kob (K. kob thomasi), and the white-eared kob (K. kob leucotis) of eastern South Sudan. The kob resembles a heavier impala. Its stocky build with strong legs and overdeveloped hindquarters make for a powerful bounding gallop but not ...(100 of 531 words)

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