Kobus leche
Kobus lechve

order - Artiodactyla
tribe - Bovidae


Size: height 85 - 105 cm
Weigh: 75 - 125 kg
Number of youngs: 1
Time with young: 240 days
Occurrence: swams and moisture regions in the South America
Food: vegetable - plants, which grow in moisture places
Activity: day`s
Way of life: male - lovers of solitude, females - live in groups

Males of Kobus leche are lovers of solitude or create men`s band and they join a females only during amorous display. Females live in a small groups with hierarchy. Kobus leche pertains to the kinds of antelopes, who put off their young antelopes for a time. Young one lays in a shelter in grass and mother comes to him only when it`s time to breastfeed. It lasts for 3 - 4 months. Male Sekret and three females create basis of breeding herd in ZOO Brno. 14.2.1998 - male Valentyn was born.




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