Nile lechwe (English spelling)

Japanese: Nile lechwe(英語表記)Nilelechwe
Nile lechwe (English spelling)

...Due to excessive hunting and habitat destruction, the species is rapidly declining, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has designated it as an "endangered animal." Its closely related species include the Nile lechwe ( K. megaceros ), which is found in the swamps from southern Sudan to western Ethiopia, the waterbuck, which lives in the savannahs of sub-Saharan Africa, and the puku, which lives in the savannahs of central Africa. [Imaizumi Yoshiharu]...

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Japanese:

…過剰な狩猟と生息地の破壊のために急激に減少しつつあり,国際自然保護連合(IUCN)では“絶滅の危険がある動物”に指定している。近縁種にはスーダン南部からエチオピア西部の沼地に分布するナイルリーチュエ(Nile lechwe)K.megaceros,サハラ以南のサバンナにすむウォーターバック,アフリカ中部のサバンナにすむプークーなどが知られる。【今泉 吉晴】。…

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