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Mammals · Artiodactyla · Bovidae
Kobus leche
It could become threatened in the near future if current threats go unchecked.
The lechwe is an antelope entirely adapted to living with its legs in water. Its hooves are long, pointed and widely splayed, and its legs are coated in a water-repellent substance that lets it run at speed through shallow water, something no land predator can follow. It lives on the floodplains of the Okavango, the Kafue and the Bangweulu, in herds that move with the pulse of the floods. Dams and the draining of wetlands are its chief threats.
Weight
60 kg – 130 kg
Size
1.3 m – 1.8 m
Life expectancy
15 years
Diet
Herbivore
Feeds mainly on plants.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Herd
Lives in large groups as a strategy against predators.
Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Kobus leche
Best time: From May to August on the floodplains of Botswana and Zambia — the Okavango, the Kafue, Bangweulu — when the flood concentrates the herds.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Southern Lechwe — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about southern lechwe.
