Ugandan kob

Ugandan kob
Male
Female and calf
both at Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Uganda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Kobus
Species:
Subspecies:
K. k. thomasi
Trinomial name
Kobus kob thomasi
(Sclater, 1864)

The Ugandan kob (Kobus kob thomasi) is a subspecies of the kob, a type of antelope. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa in South Sudan, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Ugandan kob is normally reddish-brown, differentiating it from other kob subspecies.

A Ugandan kob appears on the coat of arms of Uganda, along with a grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps), representing the abundant wildlife present in the country.[2]

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2016). "Kobus kob ssp. thomasi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T11043A50190198. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T11043A50190198.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern
  2. ^ "Uganda Coat of Arms". Uganda High Commission in Canada. Retrieved 27 June 2019.