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Mountain reedbuck

Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Reduncinae
Species : Redunca fulvorufula

 

The Mountain reedbuck is listed as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the mountain reedbuck

Redunca fulvorufula is polygynous. (Full text)

Southern mountain reedbucks are found from the eastern Cape Province to southeastern Botswana. (Full text)

The East African subspecies (Chanler's Mountain Reedbuck) is found in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, and Ethiopia. (Full text)

Mountain Reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula) The Mountain Reedbuck is a small antelope. (Full text)

The mountain reedbuck is somewhat smaller than the common reedbuck. (Full text)

5 months in bohor and southern species; the gestational period of the mountain reedbuck is unknown. (Full text)

Unlike its somewhat antisocial cousin, the reedbuck, the mountain reedbuck is often seen in herds numbering up to a few dozen, sunning itself on the slopes of mountains. (Full text)

Description : They are smaller and have less developed markings than the bohor and common reedbuck Habitat : The mountain reedbuck is a grazer which frequents rolling, grassy hills and steep, rocky slopes above 1500m. (Full text)

Black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis (CR) is now extinct in the area and mountain reedbuck Redunca fulvorufula is probably extinct (Lamprecht et al. (Full text)

The rare Chanler's mountain reedbuck is very hard to spot. (Full text)

Mountain Reedbuck are closely related to Reedbuck, but, unlike the Reedbuck which is a grassland species, the Mountain Reedbuck is found on or near mountains or rocky hills. (Full text)

The Mountain Reedbuck is a small antelope with grey-fawn upperparts and white underparts. (Full text)

(76 cm) high; the smallest, the mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula), is found in the hills and mountains of E Africa. (Full text)