First record of White-eared Kob (Kobus kob leucotis) in Omo National Park, Ethiopia (Artiodactyla, Bovidae)

• DOI: 10.3897/bdj.10.e94114
• Publication Date: 2022-12-13T14:30:05Z
• Authors: Tsyon Asfaw; Mihret Ewnetu; Abebayehu Moges; Assegid Gebre; Fikirte Gebresenbet; Hans Bauer
• Keywords: Hippopotamus

White-eared Kob, Kobuskobleucotis, Lichtenstein & Peters, 1853, is known to occur in the Gambela-Boma landscape western Ethiopia and South Sudan. They live herds are generally found near water, such places as plains, woodlands, swamps, flood plains. We deployed 36 camera traps Omo National Park one of them took two images a Kob. This first documentation from showing that its range extends further than previously and, therefore, entire area (Gambella Omo) can be considered extension.