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Afrika-Diorama-12 Lewel Kuhantilope

Lelwel hartebeest

Alcelaphus lelwel
Kongoni (Swahili)

 

Habitat
Savannahs

Conservation status
Endangered. The species is at risk from habitat loss due to agriculture, as well as hunting.

Biology
These diurnal antelopes live in herds segregated by sex. Adult males are solitary and territorial.
 

Afrika-Diorama-12 Verbreitungskarte Lelwel Kuhantilope
 
Diorama

Probably 1935

The form displayed here was also known as Jackson’s hartebeest and is believed to be a natural cross between the two species Alcelaphus lelwel and Alcelaphus cokii.

Provenance

29 September 1923, Isiolo plains, Kenya, Bernard von Wattenwyl

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