Biology:Tiang (antelope)

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Tiang
Tiang (Damaliscus lunatus tiang).jpg
In Zakouma National Park, Chad
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Alcelaphinae
Genus: Damaliscus
Species:
Subspecies:
D. l. tiang
Trinomial name
Damaliscus lunatus tiang
(Heuglin, 1863)
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Range in light green

The tiang (Damaliscus lunatus tiang) is a subspecies of the topi, an African antelope.

Depending on which topi populations you want to call tiang, they may be found in southern Chad, the northern Central African Republic, and southwestern South Sudan to southwestern Ethiopia, and extreme northwestern Kenya,[2] or Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia.[3]

References

  1. IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2017). "Damaliscus lunatus ssp. tiang". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T6242A50185852. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T6242A50185852.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6242/50185852. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. East, Rod; IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group (1998). "African Antelope Database". Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission 21: 200–207. 
  3. "Game Hunting Africa". http://www.worldsafarixpeditions.com/game/game.php/1/780/1/11.  African Game Guide Hartebeest Tiang

Wikidata ☰ Q12745020 entry