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Nile lechwe

mammal

Also known as: Kobus megaceros

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place in Kobus genus

In Kobus
…among them the black and Nile lechwes (K. leche smithemani and K. megaceros), the male is dark blackish brown and the female reddish brown. Markings on these antelopes include patches of white, such as a white ring on the rump of the common waterbuck and black markings on the legs,…
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species of lechwe

In lechwe
…lechwe (Kobus leche) and the Nile lechwe (K. megaceros). The three subspecies of the common lechwe—the red lechwe (K. leche leche), the Kafue lechwe (K. leche kafuensis), and the black lechwe (K. leche smithemani)—inhabit floodplains bordering marshes and swamps of the southern savanna, from southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo…
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