Common Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)

            Kruger National Park
South Africa

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. 

The thirteen subspecies are grouped under two varieties: the common or Ellisprymnus waterbuck and the Defassa waterbuck. A sexually dimorphic antelope, males are taller as well as heavier than females. Males reach approximately 127 cm (50 in) at the shoulder, while females reach 119 cm (47 in). Males typically weigh 198–262 kg (437–578 lb) and females 161–214 kg (355–472 lb). 

Waterbuck are rather sedentary in nature. A gregarious animal, the waterbuck may form herds consisting of six to 30 individuals. These groups are either nursery herds with females and their offspring or bachelor herds. Males start showing territorial behaviour from the age of five years, but are most dominant from the age of six to nine.

The waterbuck cannot tolerate dehydration in hot weather, and thus inhabits areas close to sources of water. Predominantly a grazer, the waterbuck is mostly found on grassland. 

Waterbuck inhabit scrub and savanna areas along rivers, lakes and valleys. Due to their 
requirement for grasslands as well as water, the waterbuck have a sparse ecotone distribution. 

The population trend for both the common and defassa waterbuck is downwards, especially that of the latter, with large populations being eliminated from certain habitats because of poaching and human disturbance. Wikipedia

Taken in: South Africa / Limpopo / Huntingdon (show map)

Taken on: September 17, 2011

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South Africa 2011

Kruger National Park

Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Herbivore

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Sexual Dimorphic

Females No Horns

Sedentary

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Nursery Herds

Bachelor Herds

Stay By Water

Grazer

Breeding All Year

Scrub

Savannah

IUCN Least Concern

Population Downwards

Poaching

Human Disturbance

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