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Kobus kob (kob)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Antilope kob was named by Erxleben (1777). It is extant.

It was recombined as Adenota kob by Ledger (1963); it was recombined as Kobus kob by Peters (1990), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Gentry (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Antilope kob Erxleben
1963Adenota kob Ledger p. 124
1990Kobus kob Peters p. 87
2008Kobus kob Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5
2010Kobus kob Gentry p. 775

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeRedunciniKnottnerus-Meyer 1907
genusKobusSmith 1840
specieskob(Erxleben 1777)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Kobus kob Erxleben 1777 [kob]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2009-01-04 11:02:56
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:03:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1999

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Kobus kob (70907)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Kobus kob (22096 22106)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Kobus kob (22197)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Kobus kob (21608)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya Kobus kob (21425 21484 21485 21530 21536)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Kobus kob (21503)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Kobus kob (21613 21621 21631 21743 22009)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Algeria Kobus kob (69723)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.781Kenya Kobus kob (21367 21370 21445 21448 21452 21454 21458 21464 21495 21502 21515 21521 21532)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Djibouti Kobus kob (22482)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Kobus kob (22074)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Tanzania Kobus kob (22626 22627)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Kobus kob (21294 21299 21343)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Kenya Kobus kob (21368 21403 21441 21514 21525)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Tanzania Kobus kob (21893)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Kobus kob (83305)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Kobus kob (22068 22073 22083)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire Kobus kob (21692)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Kobus kob (208786)