Upemba lechwe

Upemba lechwe
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Genus:	Kobus
Species:	K. anselli
Binomial name
	Kobus anselli; Cotterill, 2005

The Upemba lechwe (Kobus anselli) is a species of antelope found only in the Upemba wetlands in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It was described in 2005, after analysis of 35 museum specimens collected in 1926 and 1947–8. It was previously overlooked due to its similarity to the lechwe K. leche, especially the black lechwe subspecies K. l. smithemani. Some authorities treat the Upemba lechwe as a subspecies, K. l. anselli, of the lechwe.[1]

References

IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2008). "Kobus leche anselli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of critically endangered.

External links

The Upemba lechwe, Kobus anselli: an antelope new to science emphasizes the conservation importance of Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo (abstract)

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[iucn-1] IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2008). "Kobus leche anselli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of critically endangered.