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Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Waterbuck)

waterbok, kringgat [Afrikaans]; Wasserbock [German]; cobe à croissant [French]; kuru [Swahili]; isidumuka [isiNdebele]; isiphiva, iphiva [isiZulu]; phitlwa, tomoga, tumuga, sekwele, kweIekweIe [Sepedi]; phitlwa [Sesotho]; letimoga, motumoga, tumoga [Setswana]; dhumukwa [Shona]; phiva, isiphiva, liphiva [siSwati]; mhitlwa, phiva [Xitsonga]; ngunduma [Lozi]; phidwa, phi,dwa,ngwele-ngwele [Tsl1ivenda]; || Gampiris [Nama] [Damara]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans) > Ruminantia (ruminants) > Family: Bovidae (antelopes and buffalo) > Subfamily: Antilopinae

Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Waterbuck)

Waterbuck, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Arno Meintjes ©]

Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Waterbuck)

Waterbuck ram (left) and ewe (right). [photo Callie de Wet ©]

Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Waterbuck)

Waterbuck ewe with calf, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Arno Meintjes ©]