The southern reedbuck, rietbok or common reedbuck, Redunca arundinum, is a diurnal antelope typically found in southern Africa. It was first described by Pieter Boddaert, a Dutch physician and naturalist, in 1785, and is placed in the genus Redunca and family Bovidae. It gets its name from two Latin words, one meaning bent backwards and curved and the other meaning a reed. It is larger than the bohor and mountain reedbucks, standing 80 to 90 centimetres at the shoulder, with females weighing about 48 kilograms and males 68. It has dark lines down the front of each foreleg and whitish rings around the eyes, and a lifespan of 10 years. Males bear forward-curving horns of about 35 to 45 centimetres. Southern reedbucks remain widespread but have been eliminated from some areas.
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It is native to Angola, Botswana, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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It is native to Angola, Botswana, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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They also occur in the southern savannas of Tchibanga and Ndende (in Democratic Republic of the Congo).
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It is native to Angola, Botswana, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Southern reedbucks have a wide distribution, stretching from Gabon and Tanzania to South Africa.
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It is native to Angola, Botswana, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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It is native to Angola, Botswana, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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It is native to Angola, Botswana, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Southern reedbucks have a wide distribution, stretching from Gabon and Tanzania to South Africa.
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Southern reedbucks have a wide distribution, stretching from Gabon and Tanzania to South Africa.
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The southern reedbuck, rietbok or common reedbuck (Redunca arundinum) is a diurnal antelope typically found in southern Africa.
Ecology
It regularly uses paths to reach good sites to rest, graze, and drink water.
Conservation and threats
This combination of habitat loss and overexploitation has resulted in the species becoming rare in most of South Africa, and reduced populations to precariously low levels in west and central Africa; those in Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo are feared to be almost extinct.
Conservation and threats, relationship to people
Southern reedbucks remain widespread, but they have been eliminated from some parts of their former range (such as the Congo) by the spread of settlement which has led to habitat destruction and hunting for meat and trophies.
Description
It has a lifespan of 10 years.
Habitat and distribution
Their range seems to extend to the Miombo woodlands on the north.
Habitat and distribution, where it lives
It is native to Angola, Botswana, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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They also occur in the southern savannas of Tchibanga and Ndende (in Democratic Republic of the Congo).
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Southern reedbucks have a wide distribution, stretching from Gabon and Tanzania to South Africa.
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The bovids (Bovidae) are the most species-rich family.
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