Mountain reedbuck

Weight

29.5 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

12.3 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

15.9 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

223 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

11 months – 12.7 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1.1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The mountain reedbuck is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderArtiodactyla
5. familyBovidae
6. genusRedunca
7. SpeciesRedunca fulvorufula (Afzelius, 1815)

Synonyms Antilope fulvorufula, Redunca fulvorufula fulvorufula

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Bohor reedbuck

Redunca redunca

Bovidae

LC, Least Concern

Southern reedbuck

Redunca arundinum

Bovidae

A

Adamawa reedbuck

Redunca adamauae

BovidaeNo free photo yet

B

Bohor reedbuck

Redunca bohor

BovidaeNo free photo yet

C

Chanler's mountain reedbuck

Redunca chanleri

BovidaeNo free photo yet

S

Sudan reedbuck

Redunca cottoni

BovidaeNo free photo yet

CompareMountain reedbuck vs Bohor reedbuckMountain reedbuck vs Southern reedbuckMountain reedbuck vs Adamawa reedbuckMountain reedbuck vs Bohor reedbuck

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@misc{mountain_reedbuck_2026,
  title = {Mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mountain-reedbuck},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}