Kobus leche robertsi Rothschild, 1907:237
Roberts' lechwe, Kawambwa lechwe
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Kobus robertsi Rothschild, 1907:237; Cobus robertsi Rothschild 1907:237
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 7 October 1913 or later; "by 1950s" (Gippoliti et al., 2017)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Zambia (north-west (north-east?)) (Ansel, 1978:59; Ansell & Banfield, 1979)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
BM 13.11.27.1 (skull and horns (missing lower jaw?); neotype)
RMAC 8811 (skin, male; obsolete accession no.?)
Media
References
Ansell, W. F. H. (1978). The mammals of Zambia. Chilanga: National Parks & Wildlife Service.
Ansell, W. F. H. and Banfield, C. F. (1979). The subspecies of Kobus leche Gray, 1850 (Bovidae). Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen 40: 168-176.
Cotterill, F. P. D. (2006). The Evolutionary History and Taxonomy of the Kobus leche species complex of south-central Africa in the context of Palaeo-drainage Dynamics. Unpubl. PhD Thesis, University of Stellenbosch.
Gippoliti, Spartaco, Cotterill, Fenton P. D., Zinner, Dietmar and Groves, Colin P. (2017). Impacts of taxonomic inertia for the conservation of African ungulate diversity:an overview. Biological Reviews. doi: 10.1111/brv.12335
IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group. (2008). Kobus leche ssp. robertsi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 30 October 2011.
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