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The wetlands are known for wildlife including the near-[[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] [[black lechwe]], [[tsessebe]], [[reedbuck]], [[oribi]], [[sitatunga]], [

...camelopardalis thornicrofti) are genetically isolated." African Journal of Ecology 51.4 (2013): 635–640.</ref> ...s of herd size in the Thornicroft’s giraffe of Zambia." African journal of ecology 48.4 (2010): 962-971.</ref>

...] and [[Crawshay's zebra]] which are [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] or near-endemic to the valley. It also represents something of a natural barrier to human

...er|author2 = Leslie C. Kelso-Winemiller|year = 1994 | title = Comparative ecology of the African pike, Hepsetus odoe, and tigerfish, Hydrocynus forskahlii, i ...e up to five more unidentified cryptic species, although more study of the ecology and behaviour is required. This study did not support the treatment of ''H.

...63-196, Nov. 2000</ref> Among the non-cichlid fish, 59% of the species are endemic.<ref name=LTBP/> Lake Tanganyika is the most diverse extent of [[adaptive r [[Image:Tiphobia horei 01.JPG|thumb|The shell of the endemic thallasoid freshwater snail ''[[Tiphobia horei]]'' with its elaborate shape

==Ecology== ...0|volume=15|issue=5|pages=476–489|doi=10.1017/s0030605300029203}}</ref> is endemic to the area. There were estimated to be 250,000 lechwe living on the Kafue

...ry.<ref name="Scudder1962">{{cite book|last=Scudder|first=Thayer|title=The ecology of the Gwembe Tonga|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=UBoNAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR ...endence from the colonial rule. Also on display are exhibits of [[Endemism|endemic]] animals as seen in their natural habitats in Zambia.<ref name=Open/>

...uft}} per second. Medium-level floods especially, of the kind to which the ecology of the lower Zambezi was adapted, happen less often and have a shorter dura ====Ecology of the delta====