Alcelaphus lelwel has a reddish coat, pale rump and narrow upright V-shaped horns. Its HMW species account describes grass-only feeding in savanna mixed with woodland, with feeding peaks late in the day.
The HMW species account describes the coat as redder than in neighboring species, with dark markings on the face, mid-back and front of the forelegs weakly expressed. The rump is pale to whitish, and the horns form a narrow upright V when viewed from the front.
The account places it in Combretum and Acacia savannas interspersed with Isoberlinia woodland and reports a grass-only diet, with feeding peaking late in the day. In Uganda, large groups use wide grassy valleys; in the late rains, from late April to June, they move to higher ground and split into small female-and-young herds while males hold territories.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.