The defassa waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa) is a large, robust animal with long, shaggy hair and a brown-gray coat that emits an oily secretion from its sweat glands, which acts as a water repellent. It also has large, rounded ears and white patches above the eyes, and around the nose and mouth and throat.
The common waterbuck has a conspicuous white ring encircling a dark rump, while the defassa has wide white patches on either side of the rump. It habits areas close to water in savanna grasslands, gallery forests and riverine woodlands.
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1969 International Year For African Tourism – 10n Defassa Waterbuck
