A Ugandan kob appears on the coat of arms of Uganda, along with a grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps), representing the abundant wildlife present in the country.

Apart from the throat patch, muzzle, eye ring and inner ear, which are white, the coat is golden to reddish-brown, the colour differentiating it from other kob subspecies.

Its habit of lying out in open grassland make it an accessible target for poachers, and 98% of the present population are found in national parks and other protected areas.

The females and young males form loose groups of varying size which range according to food availability, often moving along watercourses and grazing in valley bottoms.

Calving takes place at the end of the rainy season; a single calf is born in November or December, after a gestation period of about nine months.