Bohor reedbuck (Redunca redunca)

• There are several recognized subspecies, based on the color and shape of the horns. The Ethiopian subspecies (bohor) has short, stout horns.
• Males can weigh up to 120 pounds (55 kg) and have short horns, thick at the base, curving back, and then abruptly up and forward, forming hooks at the ends. Females have no horns.
• The range of the bohor reedbuck cuts a wide swath across Africa beginning on the west coast grass savannahs across to Ethiopia and dipping down along the east coast below the equator.
• Their habitat is mainly grasslands near water and reed beds. They live singly or in small groups and are active during the day as well as night.
• The call of the males is a distinctive whistling while the females produce a frog-like croaking.
• "Reedbuck" comes from an Afrikaans (South African Dutch) word "reitbuck," probably meaning "riding buck."
• Their color is generally uniform, yellowish or reddish fawn, with white under parts. The short tail is fawn colored above and white below, a conspicuous marker when the tail is held erect.

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