Reduncini

Reduncini
	Defassa waterbuck ( Kobus defassa )
Systematics
Order :	Artiodactyla (Artiodactyla)
Subordination :	Ruminants (ruminantia)
without rank:	Forehead weapon bearer (Pecora)
Family :	Horned Bearers (Bovidae)
Subfamily :	Antilopinae
Tribe :	Reduncini
Scientific name
	Reduncini
	Knottnerus-Meyer , 1907

The Reduncini are a tribe of the horned bearers (Bovidae). They comprise nine species of antelope living in Africa , which are divided into three genera: the reedbuck , the waterbuck and the roe deer antelope . While a close relationship between reed and waterbuck is beyond doubt, the membership of the roe deer antelopes in this group is more controversial.

General

The Reduncini are medium to large, grass-eating antelopes. What all species have in common is their comparatively long fur, which gives the waterbuck in particular a shaggy impression. With the exception of the kob , the glands in front of the eye (pre-orbital glands) that are present in many horn-bearers are missing in all species . In this subfamily, only the males have horns; those of the reed and waterbuck are bent forward at the tip, those of the roe deer antelopes pointed and straight.

Reed buck and waterbuck are strongly tied to the water in their habitats and occur in all of Africa south of the Sahara . In contrast, the deer antelope has adapted to a mountainous habitat and only inhabits the southern tip of this continent.

Systematics

Internal systematics of the Reduncini according to Robinson et al. 2014

Reduncini

Redunca

Redunca fulvorufula

	Redunca redunca

	Redunca arundinum

Kobus

	Kobus megarceros

	Kobus leche

Kobus ellipsprymnus

	Kobus kob

	Kobus vardonii

Pelea

Pelea capreolus

The Reduncini comprise three genera with 22 species:

Tribus Reduncini Knottnerus-Meyer , 1907

Genus reedbucks ( Redunca C. H. Smith , 1827)

Adamaoua reedbuck ( Redunca adamauae pepper , 1962)
Great reedbuck ( Redunca arundinum ( Boddaert , 1785))
Bohor reedbuck ( Redunca bohor Rüppell , 1842)
East African mountain riedbuck ( Redunca chanleri ( Rothschild , 1895))

Sudan reedbuck ( Redunca cottoni ( Rothschild , 1902))

Mountain Riedbuck or Southern Mountain Riedbuck ( Redunca fulvorufula ( Afzelius , 1815))

Chad Reedbuck ( Redunca nigeriensis ( Blaine , 1913))

Zambian reedbuck ( Redunca occidentalis ( Rothschild , 1907))

Common Reedbuck or Senegal Reedbuck ( Redunca redunca ( Pallas , 1767))

Genus waterbuck ( Kobus A. Smith , 1840)

Upemba litchi ( Kobus anselli Cotterill , 2005)

Defassa waterbuck ( Kobus defassa ( Rüppell , 1835))

Elliptical waterbuck ( Kobus ellipsiprymnus ( Ogilby , 1833))

Kafue litchi ( Kobus kafuensis Haltorth , 1963)

Senegal antelope or Kob ( Kobus kob ( Erxleben , 1777))

Lechwe or Lychee Moor Antelope ( Kobus leche Gray , 1850)

White-eared bog antelope ( Kobus leucotis ( Lichtenstein & Peters , 1854))

Cameroon grass antelope ( Kobus loderi ( Lydekker , 1900))

White-naped bog antelope ( Kobus megaceros ( Fitzinger , 1855))

† Roberts waterbuck ( Kobus robertsi ( Rothschild , 1907))

Bangweulu litchi ( Kobus smithemani ( Lydekker , 1900))

Uganda grass antelope ( Kobus thomasi ( Sclater , 1895))

Puku ( Kobus vardonii ( Livingstone , 1857))

Genus Pelea Gray , 1851

Roe deer antelope ( Pelea capreolus ( Forster , 1790))

Water buck and reed buck form the genus group of the Reduncini and are closely related to each other. This relationship is also well documented by morphological similarities and is beyond doubt. The position of the deer antelope is much more controversial. This was sometimes incorporated into the lugs due to its small dimensions or assigned to the gazelle-like . Some researchers even placed them in their own subfamily, Peleinae, which they placed at the base of the hornbeams. Molecular genetic studies, on the other hand, suggest a relationship with reed and waterbuck and therefore a classification in the Reduncini.

literature

Colin Groves and Peter Grubb: Ungulate Taxonomy. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011, pp. 1-317 (SS 108-280).
Colin P. Groves and David M. Leslie Jr .: Family Bovidae (Hollow-horned Ruminants). In: Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier (eds.): Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 2: Hooved Mammals. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 2011, ISBN 978-84-96553-77-4 , pp. 665-682.
Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World . 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b T. J. Robinson, H. Cernohorska, G. Diedericks, K. Cabelova, A. Duran and CA Matthee: Phylogeny and vicariant speciation of the Gray Rhebok, Pelea capreolus. In: Heredity. 112, 2014, pp. 325-332.
↑ Colin P. Groves and David M. Leslie Jr .: Family Bovidae (Hollow-horned Ruminants). In: Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier (eds.): Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 2: Hooved Mammals. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 2011, ISBN 978-84-96553-77-4 , pp. 665-682.
↑ Colin Groves and Peter Grubb: Ungulate Taxonomy. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011, pp. 1-317 (SS 108-280).
↑ Fayasal Bibi: A multi-calibrated mitochondrial phylogeny of extant Bovidae (Artiodactyla, Ruminantia) and the importance of the fossil record to systematics. In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13, 2013, p. 166.

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Information on ultimateungulate.com

[Robinson_et_al._2014-1] T. J. Robinson, H. Cernohorska, G. Diedericks, K. Cabelova, A. Duran and CA Matthee: Phylogeny and vicariant speciation of the Gray Rhebok, Pelea capreolus. In: Heredity. 112, 2014, pp. 325-332.

[Groves_et_al._2011-2] Colin P. Groves and David M. Leslie Jr .: Family Bovidae (Hollow-horned Ruminants). In: Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier (eds.): Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 2: Hooved Mammals. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 2011, ISBN 978-84-96553-77-4 , pp. 665-682.

[Groves_et_al._2011b-3] Colin Groves and Peter Grubb: Ungulate Taxonomy. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011, pp. 1-317 (SS 108-280).

[Bibi_2013-4] Fayasal Bibi: A multi-calibrated mitochondrial phylogeny of extant Bovidae (Artiodactyla, Ruminantia) and the importance of the fossil record to systematics. In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13, 2013, p. 166.