REEDBUCK and RHEBUCK

REEDBUCK and RHEBUCK There are three different species of reedbuck and these together with five species of waterbuck, constitute a sub family of the antelopes, the REDUN- CINAE. There is but a single species of rhebuck, the Grey Rhebuck, and this constitutes another subfamily, the PELEINAE. The Mountain Reedbuck Head of male Mountain Reedbuck and the Grey Rhebuck are often con fused, because both species are confined to higher altitudes in the Orange Free State, both have the same suffix in Afrikaans (“ Rooiribbok” and “Vaal- ribbok” respectively), and the females ibove: A female Mountain Reedbuck habits rocky hills or broken country of the two species are difficult to “R ooiribbok”), Redunca fulvorufula. where there are some scattered bushes distinguish at a distance, as they do or trees and grass. The male has curved not possess horns. The main differen horns and in both sexes the belly is ces are as follows: Below: A female Grey Rhebuck white and sharply demarcated from the ( " Vaalribbok”), Pelea capreolus. (Photo rest of the body. It is worthwhile re The Mountain Reedbuck (“Rooirib by N. Ferreira). Note: No person, not membering that the ear tips are rounded bok” , Redunca fulvorufulaj is a soli even the landowner, may hunt grey in this species. The Mountain Reedbuck tary animal, but can occasionally be rhebuck during the period 1 January is found in South Africa, Tanzania, found in pairs or small herds. It in- 1978 to 31 December 1978 inclusive. Kenya, Uganda, Sudan and Ethiopia. The Grey Rhebuck (“Vaalribbok”, Pelea capreolus) prefers open grassland on the plateaux and pediments of mountains. The male has vertical, paral lel horns and in both sexes the belly is hardly paler than the rest of the body and there is no sharp line of demarca tion. The ear tips are pointed. The Grey Rhebuck is indigenous to South Africa. C.D. Lynch (Museum Mammalogist) Head o f male Grey Rhebuck Gedruk en uitgegee deur die Nasionale Museum, Bloemfontein 12.

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