🐃Waterbuck
The waterbuck is a large antelope found widely in sub-Saharan Africa. It is in the genus Kobus of the family Bovidae. It was first described by Irish naturalist William Ogilby in 1833. Its 13 subspecies are grouped under two varieties: the common or ellipsiprymnus waterbuck and the defassa waterbuck. Their coat colour varies from brown to grey. The long, spiral horns, present only on males, curve backward, then forward, and are 55–99 cm (22–39 in) long.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 175 kg
- Body length
- 2.35 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 30 years
Everything we know about the Waterbuck
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass175 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 175 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Body length2.35 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass314 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan30 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length10 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity3.9 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation270 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 264 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: high
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range1.28 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density4.4 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l175 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Waterbuck yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyBovidae
- ›genusKobus
- ›speciesKobus ellipsiprymnus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- subfamilyReduncinae
- genusKobus
All 16 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyBovidae
- subfamilyReduncinae
- genusKobus
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