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.