Biology:Damaliscus
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Short description: Genus of mammals
| Damaliscus | |
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| A female topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae |
| Genus: | Damaliscus P.L. Sclater & Thomas, 1894 |
| Type species | |
| Antilope pygargus Pallas, 1767
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| Subspecies range map of the genus Damaliscus | |
Damaliscus, commonly known as damalisks, is a genus of antelope in the family Bovidae, subfamily Alcelaphinae, found in Africa.
Species
| Image and scientific name | Subspecies | Common name | Distribution |
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 D. lunatus Burchell, 1824[3] |
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topi, tiang or tsessebe[4] |
Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, and South Africa |
_(32669740552).jpg) D. pygargus (Pallas, 1767) |
bontebok | South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia | |
| †D. 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] | ||
| †D. niro (Hopwood, 1936) | Known from throughout the Pleistocene of eastern and southern Africa; became extinct around 63,000 years ago.[5] |
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Genus Damaliscus". https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?taxonomies=126566&searchType=species.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 East, Rod (1998). "African Antelope Database". IUCN Species Survival Commission 21: 200–207.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q2086371 entry
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