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Reedbuck is a common name for African antelopes from the genus Redunca.[1]

Reedbucks are reddish brown and are 60 to 90 cm (24 to 35 in).[clarification needed] There are three recognised species of reedbuck:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Redunca arundinum Southern reedbuck Gabon and Tanzania to South Africa
Redunca fulvorufula Mountain reedbuck sub-Saharan Africa.
Redunca redunca Bohor reedbuck Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda.

References

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Reedbuck" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 974.