lechwe
southern lechwe
kobus leche latin

The lechwe (Kobus leche), or southern lechwe, is an antelope found in wetlands of south central Africa.

The Kafue lechwe (Kobus leche kafuensis) is a subspecies of the southern lechwe.

There exists a single report of shoebills feeding on lechwe (Kobus leche) calves, although this would need confirmation.

The lechwe (Kobus leche), or southern lechwe, is an antelope found in wetlands of south central Africa.

Red lechwe (Kobus leche leche) - Widely distributed in the wetlands of Zimbabwe, Botswana and Zambia.

The Cape lechwe, or Venter's lechwe, (Kobus venterae) is an extinct species similar to the Red Lechwe, Kobus leche.

Their hind legs were somewhat longer in proportion than in other antelopes, as with all subspecies within the Kobus leche group, to ease long-distance running in moist, inundated, and marshy soils.

Kafue Flats lechwe (Kobus leche kafuensis) - It is confined within the Kafue Flats (seasonally inundated flood-plain on the Kafue River, Zambia).

Like the other subspecies within the Kobus leche group, the Cape Lechwe inhabited extensive marshlands, fens and alluvial flooded grasslands that flourished across the vast plains of the aforementioned Provinces of the Republic of South Africa in the not so distant past.