#0255 · 🦊 mammals

Waterbuck

🇳🇱 Gewone Waterbok ·Kobus ellipsiprymnus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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1. © Sergey Pisarevskiy · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Rafael Tosi · CC BY 4.0
3. © David Bygott · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Louis Imbeau · CC BY 4.0
5. © Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © ONG OeBenin · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Gawie Malan · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Denis Makhnovsky · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Xavierfr · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

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 was first described by Irish naturalist William Ogilby in 1833. The thirteen subspecies are grouped under two varieties: the common or ellipsen waterbuck and the defassa waterbuck. The head-and-body length is typically between 177–235 cm (70–93 in) and the average height is between 120 and 136 cm (47 and 54 in). A sexually dimorphic antelope,...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,155iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
12,155 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by William Ogilby in 1833 (193 years ago).