Nearly extinct ‘forgotten antelope’ photographed for first time in DRC
by Helena Horton Environment reporter from Environment | The Guardian on (#6XHTE)
Upemba lechwe considered one of world's rarest large mammals with fewer than 100 thought to remain
A photograph of Africa's forgotten antelope" has been published for the first time as the elusive creature dives towards extinction.
Fewer than 100 Upemba lechwe are thought to remain, with an aerial survey in the Kamalondo depression of the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo having recorded 10 individuals.
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