Baby Gizmo, a Nile Lechwe antelope, was born Feb. 15 at the Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden.
Nile Lechwe are native to Sudan and Ethiopia and are part of a family of African antelope called Reduncines. According to the San Diego Zoo, the "Nile" part of their name is self-explanatory (think geography), and "Lechwe" is the Bantu word for "antelope." (You can say either "LEECH-wee" or "LETCH-way" and be correct.)
Their numbers were considered "near threatened" when the last wild population data was collected in 1983. Today, their status in the wild is unknown.
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