Damaliscus | |
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A female topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela) | |
Scientific classification | |
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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Species | |
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.
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 |
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] |
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