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Red Lechwe

Kobus leche leche

A medium-sized antelope that prefers marshlands, swamps and floodplains, up to 500 mm deep where they graze on the lush aquatic grasses. Males and females are both reddish-brown, with a white belly but only the males have horns.

 

Conservation

Populations are declining throughout their range due to poaching, hunting, habitat loss and disturbance as well as climate change.

Height
90-110 cm
Length
112-127 cm
Weight
60 and 80 kg
Calf
1
Range
Western Zambia, Botswana and eastern Namibia.
Conservation status
Near Threatened
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