Editing Lechwe (section)

===Subspecies===
[[File:Kob Antelope.jpg|thumb|Kafue lechwes (''K. l. kafuensis'') where the male has more black to the front legs and chest than the red and Upemba lechwes, but less than the black lechwe that also has some blackish to the side of the body]]
[[File:Kobus leche smithemani 44223157.jpg|thumb|Black lechwe (''K. l. smithemani'')]]

Four subspecies of the lechwe have been recognized.<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3|page=720|id=14200984}}</ref><ref name=groves>{{cite book |last1=Groves |first1=C.|last2=Grubb |first2=P.|title=Ungulate Taxonomy |date=2011|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |location=Baltimore |isbn=978-1-4214-0093-8|pages=190–1}}</ref>

* '''Common red lechwe''' (''Kobus leche leche'') <small>(Gray, 1850)</small> - Widely distributed in the wetlands of [[Zimbabwe]], [[Botswana]], [[Namibia]] and [[Zambia]].
* '''[[Kafue Flats lechwe]]''' (''Kobus leche kafuensis'') <small>([[Theodor Haltenorth|Haltenorth]], 1963)</small> - It is confined within the [[Kafue Flats]] (seasonally inundated flood-plain on the [[Kafue River]], Zambia).
* {{Extinct}} '''[[Roberts' lechwe]]''' (''Kobus leche robertsi'') <small>([[Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild|Rothschild]], 1907)</small> - Formerly found in northeastern Zambia, now extinct. Also called the Kawambwa lechwe.
* '''Black lechwe''' (''Kobus leche smithemani'') <small>([[Richard Lydekker|Lydekker]], 1900)</small> - Found in the [[Bangweulu Wetlands|Bangweulu]] region of Zambia.

In addition, the [[Upemba lechwe]] (''Kobus anselli'') and the extinct [[Cape lechwe]] (''Kobus venterae'') are also considered subspecies by some authorities (as ''Kobus leche anselli'' and ''Kobus leche venterae'').<ref>{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group |date=2017 |title=''Kobus leche'' ssp. ''anselli'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T136937A50198198 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136937A50198198.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Brain|first1=C. K.|title=The Hunters Or the Hunted?: An Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy|date=1983|publisher=American Bar Foundation|page=173}}</ref>

Although related and sharing the name "lechwe", the [[Nile lechwe]] (''K. megaceros'') is consistently recognized as a separate species.<ref name=groves/>