Kobus kob (Erxleben, 1777) . Syst. Regni Anim., 1:293.

TYPE LOCALITY: Upper Guinea, towards Senegal .

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to W Ethiopia and Sudan; south to N Zaire, Uganda, W Kenya and NW Tanzania. Now extinct in Tanzania.

SYNONYMS: adansoni, adenota, adolfi; adolfifriderici Schwarz, 1913; alurae, annulipes, bahrkeetae, buffonii, forfex, fraseri, kul, leucotis, loderi, neumanni, nigricans, nigroscapulatus; notatus Rothschild, 1913; pousarguesi, riparia, thomasi, ubangiensis, vaughani.