Kobus megaceros Fitzinger 1855

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 721

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scientific name	Kobus megaceros Fitzinger 1855
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Kobus megaceros Fitzinger 1855 , Sitzb. K. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 17: 247.

Type Locality: Sudan, Upper Nile Prov., "Bahr el abiad" or according to the collector, von Heuglin (Nov. Act. Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol. Germ. Nat. Curios., Abhand. 30, part 2, p. 14 [1863]), "am Sobat, Bhar ghasál und untern Kir" (Bahr el Abiad or White Nile, Bahr el Ghazal, Kir River or lower Bahr el Jebel, and Sobat River); restricted to "Mouth of the Bahr el Ghazal at its junction with the White Nile " ( Roosevelt and Heller, 1914:519).

Vernacular Names: Nile Lechwe.

Distribution: S Sudan, W Ethiopia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).