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Kob
Kobus kob (Erxleben, 1777)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Artiodactyla - even-toed ungulates »  family Bovidae - cattle, antelopes, sheep and goats »  genus Kobus

Scientific synonyms

Antilope kob Erxleben, 1777 o
Adenotus kob (Erxleben, 1777)
Adenota kob (Erxleben, 1777)

Temporal range:Tertiary > Neogene > Pliocene > Piacenzian – recent
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Images

Kobus kob thomasi - Uganda Kob

Kobus kob thomasi - Uganda Kob, male

Author: Lubomír Prause

Kobus kob kob - Buffon’s Kob

Kobus kob kob - Buffon’s Kob

Author: Jaroslav Chalupka

Kobus kob kob - Buffon’s Kob

Kobus kob kob - Buffon’s Kob

Author: Zdeněk HRUBÝ

Kobus kob kob - Buffon’s Kob

Kobus kob kob - Buffon’s Kob

Author: Zdeněk HRUBÝ

Kobus kob thomasi - Uganda Kob

Kobus kob thomasi - Uganda Kob

Author: Zdeněk Hašek

Kobus kob thomasi - Uganda Kob

Kobus kob thomasi - Uganda Kob

Author: Zdeněk Hašek

Kobus kob thomasi - Uganda Kob

Kobus kob thomasi - Uganda Kob

Author: Zdeněk Hašek

juvenile animal

Kobus kob thomasi - Uganda Kob

Kobus kob thomasi - Uganda Kob

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Kobus kob thomasi - Buffon’s Kob

Kobus kob thomasi - Buffon’s Kob

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Kobus kob thomasi - Buffon’s Kob

Kobus kob thomasi - Buffon’s Kob

Author: Klaus Rudloff

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Intertaxon relationships

predator: Acinonyx jubatus (von Schreber, 1775) - Cheetah, Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) - Lion, Crocuta crocuta (Erxleben, 1777) - Spotted Hyena

Included taxa

Number of records: 8

subspecies Kobus kob adolfi Lydekker & Blaine, 1914
subspecies Kobus kob bahrkeetae (Schwarz, 1913)
subspecies Kobus kob kob (Erxleben, 1777) - Buffon’s Kob

Kobus kob kob

subspecies Kobus kob leucotis (Lichtenstein & Peters, 1854) - White-eared Kob

Kobus kob leucotis

subspecies Kobus kob pousarguesi (Neumann, 1905)
subspecies Kobus kob riparia (Schwarz, 1914)
subspecies Kobus kob thomasi (P. L. Sclater, 1896) - Uganda Kob

Kobus kob thomasi

subspecies Kobus kob ubangiensis (Schwarz, 1913)

Links and literature

EN ASM Mammal Diversity Database 2.1 [1006246]

ASM Mammal Diversity Database [https://www.mammaldiversity.org/], American Society of Mammalogists [as Kobus kob (Erxleben, 1777)]
Data retrieved on: 29 May 2025
EN Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3] [as Kobus kob Erxleben, 1777]
Data retrieved on: 5 December 2008
DE Zootier-Lexikon [6246:moorantilope-kobus-kob&Itemid=266]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon
Data retrieved on: 21 November 2018
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Kobus kob (Erxleben, 1777)]

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