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
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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47028959Original 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 specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4359414a-27cd-40aa-b080-5317b673d144Type 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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