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Damaliscus

Damaliscus
A female topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela)
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Species
Subspecies range map of the genus Damaliscus

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

Species

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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

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  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.
  2. ^ "Genus Damaliscus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  3. ^ Kingdon, J (2015-04-23). The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. pp. 428–431. ISBN 9781472921352.
  4. ^ a b c d East, Rod (1998). "African Antelope Database". IUCN Species Survival Commission. 21: 200–207.
  5. ^ a b 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". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 361–362: 84–93. Bibcode:2012PPP...361...84F. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.08.005.


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