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title: "Kob żółty"
description: "Kobus kob — Ssaki. The kob (Kobus kob) is an antelope found across Central Africa and parts of West Africa and East Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/kob
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kob żółty

> Kobus kob — Ssaki. The kob (Kobus kob) is an antelope found across Central Africa and parts of West Africa and East Africa.

- Scientific name: *Kobus kob*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola), `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 2292
- Wikidata: [Q237267](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237267)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42330](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42330)

## Names

- en: Kob
- de: Kob
- es: Cobo
- fr: Cobe de Buffon
- nl: Kob
- pl: Kob żółty

## Countries with the most observations

UG (940), BJ (423), TG (246), GH (209), SN (85), BF (72), CM (46), NE (44), CD (30), SS (21), TD (20), CI (18)

## Summary

The kob (Kobus kob) is an antelope found across Central Africa and parts of West Africa and East Africa. Together with the closely related reedbucks, waterbucks, lechwe, Nile lechwe, and puku, it forms the Reduncinae tribe. Found along the northern savanna, it is often seen in Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda; Garamba and Virunga National Park, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as grassy floodplains of South Sudan.
Kob are found in wet areas (such as floodplains), where they eat grasses. Kob are diurnal, but inactive during the heat of the day. They live in groups of either…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kob

## Photo

![Kob żółty](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/kob/medium.jpg)

Photo: Erwin Sieben · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197469851

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/kob?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).