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| status = NT | | status = NT | ||
| status_system = IUCN3.1 | | status_system = IUCN3.1 | ||
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group |date=2017 |title=''Kobus leche'' |volume=2017 | | | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group |date=2017 |title=''Kobus leche'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T11033A50189021 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T11033A50189021.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> | ||
| status2 = CITES_A2 | | status2 = CITES_A2 | ||
| status2_system = CITES | | status2_system = CITES | ||
| status2_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref> | | status2_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref> | ||
| image = Red lechwe (Kobus leche leche) male.jpg | | image = Red lechwe (Kobus leche leche) male.jpg | ||
| image_caption = male ''K. l. leche''<br>[[Nkasa Rupara National Park]], [[Namibia]] | | image_caption = male ''K. l. leche''<br />[[Nkasa Rupara National Park]], [[Namibia]] | ||
| taxon = Kobus leche | | taxon = Kobus leche | ||
| authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1850 | | authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1850 | ||
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* ''Kobus leche smithemani'' | * ''Kobus leche smithemani'' | ||
| range_map = Kobus leche range map.png | | range_map = Kobus leche range map.png | ||
| range_map_caption = | | range_map_caption = {{legend0|#ff8022| native range}} {{legend0|#ee161f| [[:en:Extinction|extinct]] population: ''[[:en:Kobus leche robertsi|K. l. robertsi]]''}} {{legend0|#ffb0ca| [[:en:Critically endangered|critically endangered]] population: ''[[:en:Kobus leche anselli|K. (l.) anselli]]''}} | ||
| synonyms = ''Onotragus leche'' | | synonyms = ''Onotragus leche'' | ||
}} | }} | ||
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<gallery mode="packed"> | <gallery mode="packed"> | ||
File:Red Lechwe in the Okavango.jpg|Adult red lechwes in the [[Okavango Delta]], Botswana | File:Red Lechwe in the Okavango.jpg|Adult red lechwes in the [[Okavango Delta]], Botswana | ||
File:Leaping Lechwe.jpg|alt=Female red lechwe runningOkavango Delta, Botswana|Female red lechwe, <br>Okavango Delta | File:Leaping Lechwe.jpg|alt=Female red lechwe runningOkavango Delta, Botswana|Female red lechwe, <br />Okavango Delta | ||
File:Red lechwe (Kobus leche leche) juvenile.jpg|alt=Juvenile red lechweOkavango Delta, Botswana|Juvenile red lechwe,<br>Okavango Delta | File:Red lechwe (Kobus leche leche) juvenile.jpg|alt=Juvenile red lechweOkavango Delta, Botswana|Juvenile red lechwe,<br />Okavango Delta | ||
File:Red lechwe (Kobus leche leche) males fighting, composite.jpg|alt=Males red lechwes flightingOkavango Delta, Botswana|Male red lechwes fighting,<br>Okavango Delta | File:Red lechwe (Kobus leche leche) males fighting, composite.jpg|alt=Males red lechwes flightingOkavango Delta, Botswana|Male red lechwes fighting,<br />Okavango Delta | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Habitats== | ==Habitats== | ||
Lechwe are found in [[marsh]]y areas where they are an important [[herbivore]] of [[aquatic plant]]s, as well as [[grass]]es that are found in flooded [[meadows]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Franceschini |first1=M. Celeste |last2=Murphy |first2=Kevin J. |last3=Moore |first3=Isabel |last4=Kennedy |first4=Michael P. |last5=Martínez |first5=Fedra S. |last6=Willems |first6=Frank |last7=De Wysiecki |first7=M. Laura |last8=Sichingabula |first8=Henry |date=29 July 2020 |title=Impacts on freshwater macrophytes produced by small invertebrate herbivores: Afrotropical and Neotropical wetlands compared |journal=Hydrobiologia |volume=847 |issue=17 |pages=3931–3950 |doi=10.1007/s10750-020-04360-5|s2cid=220843360 |url=http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/bitstream/handle/10915/144665/Documento_completo.pdf?sequence=1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Kobus_leche/#:~:text=Lechwe%20are%20medium%2Dsized%20antelopes,Males%20darken%20with%20age | title=Kobus leche (Lechwe) | website=[[Animal Diversity Web]] }}</ref> They use the knee-deep water as protection from predators. Their legs are covered in a water-repellant substance which allows them to run quite fast in knee-deep water. Lechwe are [[Diurnality|diurnal]]. They gather in herds which can include many thousands of individuals.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lechwe|url=https://urbancamp.net/backup%20of%20old%20site/contents/en-us/p22_Lechwe.html|last=Windhoek|first=UrbanCamp net {{!}} Camping {{!}} Leisure {{!}}|website=urbancamp.net|language=en-us|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref> Herds are usually all of one sex, but during mating season they mix.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1093/beheco/8.1.1|title=Lekking, resource defense, and harassment in two subspecies of lechwe antelope|journal=Behavioral Ecology|volume=8|pages=1–9|year=1997|last1=Nefdt|first1=Rory J. C.|last2=Thirgood|first2=Simon J.|doi-access=free}}</ref> | Lechwe are found in [[marsh]]y areas where they are an important [[herbivore]] of [[aquatic plant]]s, as well as [[grass]]es that are found in flooded [[meadows]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Franceschini |first1=M. Celeste |last2=Murphy |first2=Kevin J. |last3=Moore |first3=Isabel |last4=Kennedy |first4=Michael P. |last5=Martínez |first5=Fedra S. |last6=Willems |first6=Frank |last7=De Wysiecki |first7=M. Laura |last8=Sichingabula |first8=Henry |date=29 July 2020 |title=Impacts on freshwater macrophytes produced by small invertebrate herbivores: Afrotropical and Neotropical wetlands compared |journal=Hydrobiologia |volume=847 |issue=17 |pages=3931–3950 |doi=10.1007/s10750-020-04360-5|bibcode=2020HyBio.847.3931F |s2cid=220843360 |url=http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/bitstream/handle/10915/144665/Documento_completo.pdf?sequence=1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Kobus_leche/#:~:text=Lechwe%20are%20medium%2Dsized%20antelopes,Males%20darken%20with%20age | title=Kobus leche (Lechwe) | website=[[Animal Diversity Web]] }}</ref> They use the knee-deep water as protection from predators. Their legs are covered in a water-repellant substance which allows them to run quite fast in knee-deep water. Lechwe are [[Diurnality|diurnal]]. They gather in herds which can include many thousands of individuals.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lechwe|url=https://urbancamp.net/backup%20of%20old%20site/contents/en-us/p22_Lechwe.html|last=Windhoek|first=UrbanCamp net {{!}} Camping {{!}} Leisure {{!}}|website=urbancamp.net|language=en-us|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref> Herds are usually all of one sex, but during mating season they mix.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1093/beheco/8.1.1|title=Lekking, resource defense, and harassment in two subspecies of lechwe antelope|journal=Behavioral Ecology|volume=8|pages=1–9|year=1997|last1=Nefdt|first1=Rory J. C.|last2=Thirgood|first2=Simon J.|doi-access=free}}</ref> | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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* '''Black lechwe''' (''Kobus leche smithemani'') <small>([[Richard Lydekker|Lydekker]], 1900)</small> - Found in the [[Bangweulu Wetlands|Bangweulu]] region of Zambia. | * '''Black lechwe''' (''Kobus leche smithemani'') <small>([[Richard Lydekker|Lydekker]], 1900)</small> - Found in the [[Bangweulu Wetlands|Bangweulu]] region of Zambia. | ||
In addition, the [[Upemba lechwe]] (''Kobus anselli'') and the extinct [[Cape lechwe]] (''Kobus venterae'') are also considered subspecies by some authorities (as ''Kobus leche anselli'' and ''Kobus leche venterae'').<ref>{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group |date=2017 |title=''Kobus leche'' ssp. ''anselli'' |volume=2017 | | In addition, the [[Upemba lechwe]] (''Kobus anselli'') and the extinct [[Cape lechwe]] (''Kobus venterae'') are also considered subspecies by some authorities (as ''Kobus leche anselli'' and ''Kobus leche venterae'').<ref>{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group |date=2017 |title=''Kobus leche'' ssp. ''anselli'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T136937A50198198 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136937A50198198.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Brain|first1=C. K.|title=The Hunters Or the Hunted?: An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy|date=1983|publisher=American Bar Foundation|page=173}}</ref> | ||
Although related and sharing the name "lechwe", the [[Nile lechwe]] (''K. megaceros'') is consistently recognized as a separate species.<ref name=groves/> | Although related and sharing the name "lechwe", the [[Nile lechwe]] (''K. megaceros'') is consistently recognized as a separate species.<ref name=groves/> | ||
==Reproduction== | ==Reproduction== | ||
Lechwe mate during rain seasons of November to February. They have a gestation period of seven to eight months so a majority of calves are born from July to September. <ref>Newell, T. 1999. "Kobus leche" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed March 06, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Kobus_leche/</ref> Although rare, hybrids between lechwe and [[waterbuck]] have been observed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Antelope hybrid in the wilds of northern Botswana |url=https://africageographic.com/stories/a-wild-hybrid-antelope-in-botswana/ |website=Africa Geographic |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200807040142/https://africageographic.com/stories/a-wild-hybrid-antelope-in-botswana/ |archive-date=7 August 2020 |date=19 May 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> | Lechwe mate during rain seasons of November to February. They have a gestation period of seven to eight months so a majority of calves are born from July to September.<ref>Newell, T. 1999. "Kobus leche" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed March 06, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Kobus_leche/</ref> Although rare, hybrids between lechwe and [[waterbuck]] have been observed.<ref>{{cite web |title=Antelope hybrid in the wilds of northern Botswana |url=https://africageographic.com/stories/a-wild-hybrid-antelope-in-botswana/ |website=Africa Geographic |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200807040142/https://africageographic.com/stories/a-wild-hybrid-antelope-in-botswana/ |archive-date=7 August 2020 |date=19 May 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*ARKive - [https://web.archive.org/web/20060422080021/http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Kobus_leche_smithemani/ images and movies of the black lechwe ''(Kobus leche smithemani)''] | *ARKive - [https://web.archive.org/web/20060422080021/http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Kobus_leche_smithemani/ images and movies of the black lechwe ''(Kobus leche smithemani)''] | ||
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The lechwe, red lechwe, or southern lechwe (Kobus leche) is an antelope found in wetlands of south-central Africa.
Range
The lechwe is native to Botswana, Zambia, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northeastern Namibia, and eastern Angola, especially in the Okavango Delta, Kafue Flats, and Bangweulu Wetlands. The species is fairly common in zoos and wild animal farms.
Description
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Adult red lechwes in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Habitats
Lechwe are found in marshy areas where they are an important herbivore of aquatic plants, as well as grasses that are found in flooded meadows.[1][2] They use the knee-deep water as protection from predators. Their legs are covered in a water-repellant substance which allows them to run quite fast in knee-deep water. Lechwe are diurnal. They gather in herds which can include many thousands of individuals.[3] Herds are usually all of one sex, but during mating season they mix.[4]
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Four subspecies of the lechwe have been recognized.[5][6]
- Common red lechwe (Kobus leche leche) (Gray, 1850) - Widely distributed in the wetlands of Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Zambia.
- Kafue Flats lechwe (Kobus leche kafuensis) (Haltenorth, 1963) - It is confined within the Kafue Flats (seasonally inundated flood-plain on the Kafue River, Zambia).
- Template:Extinct Roberts' lechwe (Kobus leche robertsi) (Rothschild, 1907) - Formerly found in northeastern Zambia, now extinct. Also called the Kawambwa lechwe.
- Black lechwe (Kobus leche smithemani) (Lydekker, 1900) - Found in the Bangweulu region of Zambia.
In addition, the Upemba lechwe (Kobus anselli) and the extinct Cape lechwe (Kobus venterae) are also considered subspecies by some authorities (as Kobus leche anselli and Kobus leche venterae).[7][8]
Although related and sharing the name "lechwe", the Nile lechwe (K. megaceros) is consistently recognized as a separate species.[6]
Reproduction
Lechwe mate during rain seasons of November to February. They have a gestation period of seven to eight months so a majority of calves are born from July to September.[9] Although rare, hybrids between lechwe and waterbuck have been observed.[10]
References
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External links
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