Ward's Bohor Reedbuck, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Marsh antelope are members of a group of deerlike African antelopes , usually found in reeds or tall grasses near water. The males of this group have horns that curve back, up, and forward; females are hornless. Most marsh antelopes travel in small herds. The reedbucks (genus Redunca ), whose different species are distributed over most of Africa, are small, generally solitary antelopes about 30 in. (76 cm) high; the smallest, the mountain reedbuck ( Redunca fulvorufula ), is found in the hills and mountains of E Africa. Marsh antelopes are classified in the phylum Chordata , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Artiodactyla, family Bovidae.[The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for American Broadcasting Company and traveled to Africa from June 1966 to early August 1966.