Biology:Damaliscus

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The genus Damaliscus, commonly known as damalisks, is a genus of antelope in the family Bovidae, subfamily Alcelaphinae, found in Africa.

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1][2]

Genus Damaliscus – P.L. Sclater & Thomas, 1894 – four species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
topi, tiang or tsessebe[3]

Damaliscus lunatus
Burchell, 1824[4]

Six subspecies
 Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, and South Africa
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


bontebok

Damaliscus pygargus
(Pallas, 1767)

Two subspecies
  • D. p. phillipsi Harper, 1939 – blesbok
  • D. p. pygargus (Pallas, 1767) – bontebok
South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 VU 



† Damaliscus hypsodon
(Faith et al., 2012) 		Known from the Middle-Late Pleistocene of East Africa; became extinct at the onset of the Holocene due to the loss of its grassland habitat[5] Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 EX 



† Damaliscus niro
Hopwood, 1936 		Known from throughout the Pleistocene of eastern and southern Africa; became extinct around 63,000 years ago.[5] Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 EX 



References

  1. ↑ Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=14200516. 
  2. ↑ "Genus Damaliscus". https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?taxonomies=126566&searchType=species. 
  3. ↑ Kingdon, J (2015-04-23). The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. pp. 428–431. ISBN 9781472921352. https://books.google.com/books?id=sjPCCAAAQBAJ&q=%22tsessebe%22. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 East, Rod (1998). "African Antelope Database". IUCN Species Survival Commission 21: 200–207. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Faith, J. Tyler; Potts, Richard; Plummer, Thomas W.; Bishop, Laura C.; Marean, Curtis W.; Tryon, Christian A. (November 2012). "New perspectives on middle Pleistocene change in the large mammal faunas of East Africa: Damaliscus hypsodon sp. nov. (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Lainyamok, Kenya" (in en). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 361-362: 84–93. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.08.005. Bibcode: 2012PPP...361...84F. 
  • Stuart, Chris & Stuart, Tilde (2007). Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa. Fourth edition. Cape Town:Struik Publ.

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