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SPECIES Kobus leche
| Author: | Gray, 1850. | | Citation: | Gleanings, Knowsley Menagerie, 2: 23. | | Common Name: | Lechwe | | Type Locality: | "Banks of the river Zoaga, lat. 21°"; since identified as Botswana, Botletle River, near Lake Ngami (Smithers, 1971:233). | | Distribution: | SE Angola, N Botswana, SE Dem. Rep. Congo, NE Namibia (Caprivi Strip), and Zambia. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; U.S. ESA – Threatened; IUCN – Extinct as K. l. robertsi, Vulnerable as K. l. kafuensis and K. l. smithemani, Lower Risk (cd) as K. l. leche. | | Comments: | Revised by Ansell and Banfield (1979). Consists of four evolutionary species according to Cotterill (2003a), namely K. leche, K. kafuensis, K. robertsi, and K. smithemani. |
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