Mass: 210 kg based on Sachs 1967
Diet: grazer based on Sponheimer et al. 2003; grazer-browser based on Prins and Douglas-Hamilton 1990 and Bothma et al. 2004
Abundance: 0.31 to 15.70% (median 1.74%)
Latitudinal range: -15.8° to 15.7°Habitats: (8), boreal forest/taiga (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical savanna (3)
Found in 14 samples
Burkina Faso: Arly National Park (2017)
Eritrea: Uadi Aalad, Dandiero
Ethiopia: Porc-Epic Cave
Ghana: Mole National Park
Kenya: Kibogo
Malawi: Malowa
Senegal: Diouboye
Sudan: Khor Shambat 1 (Mesolithic)
Tanzania: Ruaha National Park (dry season, random placement), Kuumbi Cave (Trench 10, Phase 3)
Togo: Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (dry season), Fazao-Malfakassa National Park (wet season)
Uganda: Nile Delta
♀ body mass | 175360 kg | N = 3 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ body mass | 226600 kg | N = 7 | Sachs 1967 |
♀ ear length | 199 mm | N = 3 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ ear length | 208 mm | N = 7 | Sachs 1967 |
♀ head and body length | 1867 mm | N = 3 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ head and body length | 1937 mm | N = 7 | Sachs 1967 |
♀ hind foot length | 509 mm | N = 3 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ hind foot length | 525 mm | N = 7 | Sachs 1967 |
♀ tail length | 402 mm | N = 3 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ tail length | 468 mm | N = 7 | Sachs 1967 |
♀ total body length | 2269 mm | N = 3 | Sachs 1967 |
♂ total body length | 2405 mm | N = 7 | Sachs 1967 |
See also Kobus, Kobus kob, Kobus leche, Kobus sp.