Kobus ellipsiprymnus (ungulate)

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)

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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

Size measurements:
♀ body mass175360 kgN = 3Sachs 1967
♂ body mass226600 kgN = 7Sachs 1967
♀ ear length199 mmN = 3Sachs 1967
♂ ear length208 mmN = 7Sachs 1967
♀ head and body length1867 mmN = 3Sachs 1967
♂ head and body length1937 mmN = 7Sachs 1967
♀ hind foot length509 mmN = 3Sachs 1967
♂ hind foot length525 mmN = 7Sachs 1967
♀ tail length402 mmN = 3Sachs 1967
♂ tail length468 mmN = 7Sachs 1967
♀ total body length2269 mmN = 3Sachs 1967
♂ total body length2405 mmN = 7Sachs 1967

See also Kobus, Kobus kob, Kobus leche, Kobus sp.