Kobus megaceros Fitzinger 1855

Kobus megaceros Fitzinger 1855, Sitzb. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 17: 247.

Type Locality: Sudan, Upper Nile Prov., "Bahr el abiad" or according to the collector, von Heuglin (Nov. Act. Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Germ. Nat. Curios., Abhand. 30, part 2, p. 14 [1863]), "am Sobat, Bhar ghasál und untern Kir" (Bahr el Abiad or White Nile, Bahr el Ghazal, Kir River or lower Bahr el Jebel, and Sobat River); restricted to "Mouth of the Bahr el Ghazal at its junction with the White Nile " (Roosevelt and Heller, 1914:519).

Vernacular Names: Nile Lechwe.

Distribution: S Sudan, W Ethiopia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).