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Kobus leche (Lechwe)

 lechwe waterbuck, red lechwe [English]; rooi lechwe, basterwaterbok [Afrikaans]; Litschi [German]; cobe lechwe [French]; iphiva [isiZulu]; kwele, pitwa [Sepedi]; kgama ya metsi e sootho [Sesotho]; letswee, letsweng [Setswana]; liphiva [siSwati]; phiva [Xitsonga]; lizwii [Lozi]; unjya [Yei]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans) > Ruminantia (ruminants) > Family: Bovidae (antelopes and buffalo) > Subfamily: Antilopinae

Kobus leche (Lechwe)

Lechwe, Okavango Delta, Botswana. [photo Guido Coza ©]