Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Ogilby, 1833) . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1833:47.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, between Lataku (near Kuruman) and W coast of Africa, N of Orange River, on Molopo River .

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania; S Gabon, S Congo Republic and S Zaire, south to Caprivi Strip (Namibia), N and E Botswana and NE South Africa.

SYNONYMS: abyssinica; adolfifriderici Matschie, 1910; albertensis, angusticeps, annectens, avellanifrons, breviceps, canescens, cottoni, crawshayi, defassa, dianae, frommi, fulvifrons, griseotinctus, harnieri, hawashensi, kondensis, kulu, kuru, ladoensis, lipuwa, matschiei, muenzneri, nzoiae, pallidus, penricei, powelli, raineyi, schubotzi, senegalensis, singsing, thikae, tjaederi, togoensis, tschadensis, ugandae, unctuosus, uwendensis.

COMMENTS: Includes defassa; see Ansell (1972:42).