Pictures and facts about the Nile lechwe

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Nile lechwe

Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Reduncinae
Species : Kobus megaceros

 

The Nile lechwe is listed as Near Threatened (Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, or LR/nt), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Nile lechwe

Nile Lechwe or Kobus megaceros is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Near Threatened . (Full text)

Behavior The Nile lechwe is particularly adept at wading and swimming, travelling with a series of leaps when the water is too shallow to swim. (Full text)

Ecology and Behavior The Nile lechwe is particularly adept at wading and swimming, travelling (Full text)

Nile Lechwe Nile Lechwe in the news The Nile Lechwe (Kobus megaceros) is an antelope found in floodplains in southern Sudan. (Full text)

The birth of a female Nile lechwe is pleasing and breaks a run of male births in this herd. (Full text)

1. Nile, Nile River -- (world's longest river (4187 miles); flows northern through Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization)
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Nile River
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