Cobus defassus = Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa (waterbuck) horns

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English: « Cobus defassus » = Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa (Subspecies of Waterbuck) - horns
Français : « Cobus defassus » = Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa (Sous-espèce de Antilope sing-sing) - cornes
Date 1895
Source Novitates Zoologicae, vol. 2 https://archive.org/stream/novitateszoologi02lond#page/52/mode/2up
Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kobus_ellipsiprymnus_defassa_1895.jpg

The waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) is a large antelope found widely in sub-Saharan Africa. Kobus ellipsiprymnus is placed in the family Bovidae. In this sexually dimorphic antelope, male waterbucks are taller and heavier than females. The long, spiral horns, present only on males, curve backward, then forward. Kobus ellipsiprymnus acquired the vernacular name "waterbuck" due to its heavy dependence on water as compared to other antelopes and its ability to enter into water for defence.

Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Kobus
Species: Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Ogilby, 1833)

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