The long, spiral-structured horns are vaguely lyre-shaped, they are found only in males. Males are darker in colour, but general hue varies depending on subspecies. ©Grant Nel.

Dec 24, 2016 - An antelope hybrid between a red lechwe and a waterbuck in the wilds of Selinda in northern Botswana confounds an experienced game ranger. They are golden brown with white bellies. The Kafue Lechwe, Kobus leche kafuensis, is found on the floodplains of the Kafue in Zambia and the black Lechwe, Kobus leche smithemani, occurs in the Bangwelu swamps in north-eastern Zambia. Great Plains Conservation Selinda Explorers Camp, Okavango Delta Picture: This is a unique animal - a hybrid Red Lechwe and Waterbuck - Check out Tripadvisor members' 9,361 candid photos and videos of Great Plains Conservation Selinda Explorers Camp The lechwe is one of only three antelopes (including the closely related kob and the topi) known to
The sun glistened off a shiny coat that displayed just about every colour to be found on an African antelope – I have seldom seen such a handsome looking beast. species all animals live sales addax aoudad arabian oryx axis blackbuck blesbok elk fallow gemsbok ibex - alpine ibex - hybrid ibex - nubian ibex - persian impala kudu markhor mouflon - european nile lechwe pere david red deer red lechwe scimbok scimitar oryx transcaspian urial water buffalo waterbuck A waterbuck x red lechwe hybrid ©Grant Nel. Appearance The Lechwe is a medium-sized antelope, closely related to the Waterbuck.

Lechwe stand 90 to 100 cm (35 to 39 in) at the shoulder and weigh from 70 to 120 kg (150 to 260 lb). What paraded in front of us in the golden sunshine of late afternoon was a mature bull hybrid between a waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) and red lechwe (Kobus leche)! Lechwe, (genus Kobus), antelope species of the genus Kobus. The lechwe, a member of the waterbuck and kob tribe (Reduncini), ranks second only to the nyala among the most aquatic African antelopes.