Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Scientific name:

Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Threat level:

Least concern

Authority:

Rüppell, 1835

Version:

3.1

Year assessed:

2008

Assessor(s):

IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group

Evaluator(s):

Mallon, D.P. (Antelope Red List Authority) & Hoffmann, M. (Global Mammal Assessment)

Justification:

Remains widespread across western, central, eastern and southern Africa, with an estimated total population of about 200,000 over half of which occurred in protected areas. The species is susceptible to poaching and a number of populations have declined. There is no evidence so far that the scale of this decline has reached a level that would qualify the species for Near Threatened or Vulnerable status. However, if declining trends continue then the species may warrant uplisting to Near Threatenedin the near or medium-term future.

Geographic ranges:

• Angola (Native)
• Benin (Native)
• Botswana (Native)
• Burkina Faso (Native)
• Burundi (Native)
• Cameroon (Native)
• Central African Republic (Native)
• Chad (Native)
• Congo (Native)
• Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The (Native)
• Côte D'ivoire (Native)
• Eritrea (Native)
• Ethiopia (Native)
• Gabon (Native)
• Ghana (Native)
• Guinea (Native)
• Guinea-bissau (Native)
• Kenya (Native)
• Malawi (Native)
• Mali (Native)
• Mozambique (Native)
• Namibia (Native)
• Niger (Native)
• Nigeria (Native)
• Rwanda (Native)
• Senegal (Native)
• Sierra Leone (Native)
• Somalia (Native)
• South Africa (Native)
• Sudan (Native)
• Swaziland (Native)
• Tanzania, United Republic Of (Native)
• Togo (Native)
• Uganda (Native)
• Zambia (Native)
• Zimbabwe (Native)
• Gambia (Possibly extinct)

Population trend:

Decreasing

Ecosystems

• Terrestrial
• Freshwater

List of habitats:

• Forest
• Subtropical/Tropical Dry
• Savanna
• Dry
• Shrubland
• Subtropical/Tropical Dry
• Grassland
• Subtropical/Tropical Dry

List of threats:

• Biological resource use
• Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals
• Intentional use (species is the target)

List of conservation actions:

• Land/water management
• Site/area management
• Species management
• Species management
• Harvest management