Mountain Reedbuck

Description: A small reedbuck, pale gray tan with white underparts, including a bushy white undertail; no other contrasting markings. The horns are short, strongly ridged, and forward curving at the tips.they have a glandular bare spot below the ears.

Horns: 5"-6"

Length: 3'8"-4'6"

Height: 26"-30"

Weight: 42lb-84lb

Sub-species/similar species: Southern Mountain Reedbuck (R. f. flavorfula) overlaps with Common Reedbuck in Swaziland and surrounding vicinity but are barely half as big. The eastern African race, Chandlers Mountain Reedbuck (R. f. chanleri) can overlap with Bohor Reedbuck, but is distinguished by smaller size, grayer color, and slender horns that are not as strongly hooked. Gray Reedbuck's horns are nearly straight and vertical.

Habitat: Montane grasslands.

Breeding: Year round; 1 calf born after 8-month gestation period.

 

Unlike other Reedbucks, the Mountain Reedbuck is sociable. Females and young live in herds of two to six (and occasionally up to eight) animals whose home range includes the territories of several males; immature males associate in small bachelor herds. They are active both night and day, but rest during the hottest hours.

 

 

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