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Waterbuck

Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Photo by Jared Hersch
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-23.8225, 31.4036

Field Notes

Description:

Mrs Cool

Habitat:

Grassland, riverside

Notes:

Kobus (New Latin) is from koba, an African name. The species name ellipsiprymnus refers to the white ring on the rump. Ellipes from Greek means wanting, defective: an ellipse is a shape deviating from a circle; prumnos (Greek) means the hind part.[6]

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