The number of waterbucks ( " Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa " ) decreased from about 3000 in the 1970s to only 120 in 2004.
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There is a wide range of game found in these two areas including; Black Wildebeest, Kudu, Waterbuck, Porcupine, Impala and Springbok.
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When sexually excited, the skin of the waterbuck secretes a greasy substance with the odour of musk, giving it the name " greasy kob ".
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She's pretty funny when she presses her fingers on the center of her forehead and summons legions of waterbucks or swarms of tall birds ."
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Meru Lodge near Arusha, which has its own sanctuary for ailing animals as well as an adjacent park where ostriches, waterbucks and other species roam freely.
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Hippos, giraffes, kudus, waterbucks, zebras and other animals also range freely through the property, which is part savannah and part river rain forest.
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The Serengeti is also home to a diversity of grazers, including African buffalo, warthogs, Grant's gazelle, eland, waterbuck, and topi.
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Due to their requirement for grasslands as well as water, the waterbuck have a sparse distribution across ecotones ( areas of interface between two different ecosystems ).
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Roan antelope, defassa waterbuck and Sharpe's grysbok occur but are rare and seldom seen, whereas bushpig are common but also very difficult to detect.
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Over 60 percent of the defassa waterbuck populations thrive in protected areas, most notably in Selous and Hluhluwe-Umfolozi game reserves and private lands in South Africa.
