Upemba lechwe

Upemba lechwe
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Genus:	Kobus
Species:	K. leche
Subspecies:	K. l. anselli
Trinomial name
	Kobus leche anselli; Cotterill, 2005

The Upemba lechwe (Kobus leche anselli) is a subspecies 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. Some authorities treat the Upemba lechwe as a species, K. anselli.

References

^ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2008). "Kobus leche anselli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2009.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help) 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.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of critically endangered.

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