Damaliscus lunatus

(Burchell, 1824)

Tsessebe

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Tribe : Alcelaphini
Genus : Damaliscus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Burchell, W.J. 1824. Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. Volume II. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London, 648 pp.

Original name as described

Antilope lunata

Other common names

Sassaby · Basterhartebeest · Topi · Serengeti Topi · Ruaha Topi · Common Tsessebe · Bangweulu Tsessebe · Tiang · Korrigum · Coastal Topi · Uganda Topi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:642a

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Matlhawarêng River, 27° 06' S, 23° 04' E, at junction with Kuruman, Northern Cape.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ghana · Burkina Faso · Benin · Togo? · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · South Sudan · Sudan · Ethiopia · Kenya · Somalia · Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Tanzania · Zambia · Angola · Namibia · Zimbabwe · Botswana · South Africa · Eswatini

Taxonomy notes

includes eurus, jimela, korrigum, selousi, superstes, tiang, topi, and ugandae, which were considered distinct by Groves & Grubb 2011, of which korrigum and superstes have been recognized by other earlier authors; for additional information regarding the MDD's decision to not follow the Groves & Grubb 2011 Ungulate Taxonomy, see 'Subjective decisions' on the 'About' tab

Taxonomy notes citation

Groves, C. P. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. · Duncan, P. 2013. Damaliscus lunatus Topi/Tsessebe/Tiang/Korrigum. In: J.. Kingdon and M. Hoffmann (eds), Mammals of Africa. VI. Pigs, Hippopotamuses, Chevrotain, Giraffes, Deer, and Bovids, pp. 502-510. Bloomsbury Publishing, London.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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