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Lichwe
Hydrotragus leche |
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- Distribution:
- Botswana, Zimbawe, Zambia.
- Habitat:
- Water -meadows. The environs of big lakes or slow rivers.
- Size:
- Male: 80 to 130 kg.
Female: 60 to 100 kg.
Height: Male 80 to 110 cm. Female 85 to 100 cm.
The female has not the horns.
- Behaviour:
- Diurnal. It lives in big herds near the lakes, where it can find food and shelter.
Its enemies are: lions, hyaenas and leopards.
- Food:
- Mosltly herbivorous. It feeds with grass and water vegetation.
- Reproduction:
- A single offspring after 7 months of gestation.
- Longevity:
- Almost 15 years.
