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Sign in to saveThe kob (Kobus kob) is an antelope found across Central Africa and parts of West Africa and East Africa. Together with the closely related reedbucks, waterbucks, lechwe, Nile lechwe, and puku, it forms the Reduncinae tribe. Found along the northern savanna, it is often seen in Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda; Garamba and Virunga National Park, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as grassy floodplains of South Sudan. Kob are found in wet areas (such as floodplains), where they eat grasses. Kob are diurnal, but inactive during the heat of the day. They liv
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The kob is a medium-sized antelope species native to Central, West, and East Africa that lives in wet grassland habitats like floodplains. These animals are closely related to other antelopes called reedbucks and waterbucks, and they're commonly found in protected areas across Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan.
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The kob (Kobus kob) is an antelope found across Central Africa and parts of West Africa and East Africa. Together with the closely related reedbucks, waterbucks, lechwe, Nile lechwe, and puku, it forms the Reduncinae tribe. Found along the northern savanna, it is often seen in Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda; Garamba and Virunga National Park, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as grassy floodplains of South Sudan. Kob are found in wet areas (such as floodplains), where they eat grasses. Kob are diurnal, but inactive during the heat of the day. They live in groups of either females and calves or just males. These groups generally range from five to forty animals.
Among the kobs of eastern Africa, the Ugandan kob (Kobus kob thomasi) appears on the coat of arms of Uganda, and white-eared kob (Kobus kob leucotis), found in South Sudan, southwest Ethiopia, and extreme northeast Uganda, participate in large-scale migrations.
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Cite IUCN without doiIUCN Red List least concern speciesMammals described in 1777Mammals of EthiopiaMammals of South SudanMammals of SudanMammals of the Central African RepublicMammals of the Democratic Republic of the CongoMammals of the Republic of the CongoMammals of UgandaMammals of West AfricaMarsh antelopes