Kobus leche Gray 1850

Kobus leche Gray 1850, Gleanings, Knowsley Menagerie, Vol. 2: 23.

Type Locality: "Banks of the river Zoaga, lat. 21°"; since identified as Botswana, Botletle River, near Lake Ngami (Smithers, 1971:233).

Vernacular Names: Lechwe.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Kobus leche subsp. leche Gray 1850

Subspecies Kobus leche subsp. kafuensis Haltenorth 1963

Subspecies Kobus leche subsp. robertsi W. Rothschild 1907

Subspecies Kobus leche subsp. smithemani Lydekker 1900

Distribution: SE Angola, N Botswana, SE Dem. Rep. Congo, NE Namibia (Caprivi Strip), and Zambia.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; U.S. ESA – Threatened; IUCN – Extinct as K. l. robertsi, Vulnerable as K. l. kafuensis and K. l. smithemani, Lower Risk (cd) as K. l. leche .

Discussion: Revised by Ansell and Banfield (1979). Consists of four evolutionary species according to Cotterill (2003 a), namely K. leche, K. kafuensis, K. robertsi, and K. smithemani .