Reedbuck

Reedbucks
	Bohor reedbuck
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Reduncinae
Genus:	Redunca; Hamilton Smith, 1827
Species
	Redunca arundinum; Redunca fulvorufula; Redunca redunca;

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:

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, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda

Southern Reedbuck[]

Habitat and diet[]

The Southern Reedbuck lives in the grasslands of Africa. They eat the vegetation on the grasslands, which is usually grass and reed shoots.^[2]

References[]

^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Reedbuck" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 974.
^ Taylor, Barry (2004). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia (vol. 16). Gale. p. 37.

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

[2] Taylor, Barry (2004). Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia (vol. 16). Gale. p. 37.

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