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Definition of Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Water buck Wa"ter buck` (Zo["o]l.) A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer. It has a white ring around the rump. Called also photomok, water antelope, and waterbok. Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as the leche (Kobus leche), which has similar habits.
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Buck Buck, n. [OE. buk, bucke, AS. bucca, bua, he-goat; akin to D. bok, OHG. pocch, G. bock, Ir. boc, W. bwch, Corn. byk; cf. Zend b?za, Skr. bukka. [root]256. Cf. Butcher, n.] 1. The male of deer, especially fallow deer and antelopes, or of goats, sheep, hares, and rabbits. Note: A male fallow deer is called a fawn in his first year; a pricket in his second; a sorel in his third; a sore in his fourth; a buck of the first head in his fifth; and a great buck in his sixth. The female of the fallow deer is termed a doe. The male of the red deer is termed a stag or hart and not a buck, and the female is called a hind. --Brande & C. 2. A gay, dashing young fellow; a fop; a dandy. The leading bucks of the day. --Thackeray. 3. A male Indian or negro. [Colloq. U.S.] Note: The word buck is much used in composition for the names of antelopes; as, bush buck, spring buck. Blue buck. See under Blue. Water buck, a South African variety of antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus). See Illust. of Antelope.

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- The waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) is a large antelope found widely in sub-Saharan Africa. It is placed in the genus Kobus of the family Bovidae. It...
- belonging, one pair to Oreas canna (pi. i., fig. 3), the other to Kobus ellipsiprymnus were brought home from the Gambia by J. Fitzgibbon, Esq., M.D., who...
- Reduncinae Genus Kobus Waterbuck, Kobus ellipsiprymnus Kob, Kobus kob Lechwe, Kobus leche Nile lechwe, Kobus megaceros Puku, Kobus vardonii Genus Redunca...
- Retrieved 20 November 2021. IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2016). "Kobus ellipsiprymnus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T11035A50189324. doi:10...
- needed] Overall Suidae are the most important hosts. Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) are unmolested by Glossina because they produce volatiles which...
- grazing by African mammals such as the Ugandan kob (Kobus kob) and waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus def****a) and an overall decrease in intense wildfires...
- The Upemba lechwe (Kobus leche anselli) is a subspecies of antelope found only in the Upemba wetlands in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was described...
- 15% of observed kills were made up of waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), the largest of the genus Kobus at more than 200 kg (440 lb) in weight. Elsewhere...
- elands (Taurotragus oryx), impalas (Aepyceros melampus), waterbucks (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), common warthogs (Phacoc****us afric****) and cape hares (Lepus...
- and Thomson's gazelles (Eudorcas thomsonii) (3,000). Waterbucks (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) occur mainly near Lerai Forest. Absent are Giraffe, impala (Aepyceros...