[Given by Barth and Reichardt, as the native name in Fulah.] = KOB. But by earlier naturalists often taken as the name of a distinct species.
1724. [see KOB].
1834. Penny Cycl., II. 79/1. The Koba (A[ntilope] koba) called Grande vache brune, or large brown cow, by the French of Senegal, is in size equal to the European stag.