Male Kafue Flats lechwe have a distinct shoulder patch that joins the foreleg stripe and longer horns than the typical red lechwe. The form is restricted to Zambia’s Kafue Flats.
Males are described as having a distinct patch on each shoulder fully joined to the foreleg stripe, and longer horns than the typical race. This is a male character in the source, not a description of female markings.
It uses the Kafue Flats floodplain. Observations summarized in a 2000 review report year-round mating, with a birth peak as floodwaters recede and expose forage. Rising water was suggested as a possible cue for mating.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.