(Kobus megaceros)

Physical Description:

Males are an average of 65” long and 39” to 41” tall at the shoulders, and weigh between 200 and 260 lbs, while females are an average of 53” long, 30” to 33” tall at the shoulders, and weigh 130 to 200 lbs.

Reproduction:

Females give birth to a single calf per breeding season.
Gestation period last 270 days (9 months).

Native Range Land:

Nile Lechwe are naitive to SOuth Sudan and Ethiopia. In Sudan, the majority of the population occurs in the Sudd swamps, and in the Machars near the Ethiopian border in smaller numbers. In Ethiopia occurs in the southwest, in Gambela National Park, but in very less numbers possibly due to human settlement and habitat degradation.