Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Artiodactyla
- ---- family: Bovidae
- ----- species: Redunca arundinum
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Characteristics: | herbivore; height: 85cm, the coat is yellowish brown on the back and white on the belly, the forelegs are dark brown in front, the tail is bushy and white underneath, males are larger and have horns, the southern reedbuck can be distinguished from the Impala by the lack of the three black stripes on the hindquarters and the less red colour, and from the mountain reedbuck by its bigger size and the habitat |
Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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Ecoregions: |
- AT0116
- KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726
- Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT1004
- Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
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References: | Cillié 1997: 44 |