Watusi
Bos taurus
Lechwe
Kobus leche
The Lechwe has been regularly breeding at the ‘Réserve Africaine de Sigean’. This antelope adopts the ‘altricial strategy’: the baby lechwe is left in a hiding place for most of the day by its mother, who comes back only to suckle and wash it.
Habitat
African wetlands and swamps
Feed
Grasses and aquatic plants
Classification
Class
Mammals
Family
Bovidae
Scientific Name
Kobus leche
Legal Status
IUCN: NT - Near Threatened (2016)
CITES: Appendix II (1979) / B (2022)
European Union: Annex B
EAZA : EEP
Some Figures
Weight
110 kg
Life Expectancy
15 years
Gestation
7 to 8 months
1 babies
Withers Height
1,1 m
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