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Some facts about the
Kob
Adult weight : 105 kg (231 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 22 years
Female maturity :403 days
Male maturity : 365 days
Gestation : 251 days
Weaning : 189 days
Litter size : 1
Litters per year : 1
Weight at birth : 5.405 kg (11.891 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 31.6 kg (69.52 lbs)
Kob
Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Reduncinae
Species : Kobus kob
height: 70-100 cmweight: 80-100 kg
The antelope Kobus Kob (Kobus kob) moves around south of the Sahara desert in groups of up to 40 members in the moist savannas. Only males have the S-shaped horns of about 50 cm long that curve sharply backwards and then up again. They are active during the day, except during the heat of the day. Males are reported to be in herds, have single territories, or defend lek territories.
Lek mating system
"A lek (from Swedish lek, a noun which typically denotes pleasurable and less rule-bound games and activities) is a tournament (the males of certain species of animals for the purposes of competitive mating display), held before and during the breeding season, day after day, when the same group of males meet at a traditional place and take up the same individual positions on an arena, each occupying and defending a small territory or court. Intermittently or continuously they spar with their neighbours one at a time, or display magnificent plumage, or vocal powers, or bizarre gymnastics..." ( From wikipedia )
Within a lek, 20 to 200 male kobs defend territories 15 to 200 meters in diameter. The center of the lek is the most favored spot. This is where most of the mating occurs. In areas of lower population density, males are spaced farther apart and hold their territories for longer periods of time.Each lek is associated with a female herd of about 100 individuals. Females can mate after 13 months and males after 18. Sadly, Kob are commonly hunted for sport and food. A survey of bushmeat preferences in Cameroon ranked kob as the third most favored species, second only to North African porcupine and guinea fow.
Predators
Their main predators are the leopard, cheetah, hyena, hunting dog and lion.
Image
- Description: Uganda-Kob
- Source: photographed 2002 in the Queen Elisabeth National Park in Uganda
- Photographer: Frank Dickert
References
The Kob is listed as Conservation Dependent (LR/cd), the focus of a continuing taxon-specific or habitat-specific conservation programme targeted towards the taxon in question, the cessation of which would result in the taxon qualifying for one of the threatened categories below within a period of five years, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Countries
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guinea, GuineaBissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and UgandaHabitats
Dry savanna, Grassland, Savanna, Shrubland, Subtropical / Tropical Dry Grassland and Subtropical / Tropical Dry Shrubland
Facts about the kob
Kobs are most commonly found on floodplain grasslands where there is an abundance of water and green grass. (Full text)
Ganters and Kobs are well known fish that produce sounds. (Full text)
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Values of kobs are collected in Table 1. (Full text)
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Kobs are ecologically restricted, preferring low-lying flats or gently rolling country free of seasonal extremes and close to permanent water. (Full text)
Kobs are gregarious, with bucks usually holding territories some distances apart. (Full text)
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