Common tsessebe

Common tsessebe
Tsessebe in Botswana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Alcelaphinae
Genus: Damaliscus
Species:
D. lunatus
Subspecies:
D. l. lunatus
Trinomial name
Damaliscus lunatus lunatus
(Burchell, 1824)
Range in brown

The common tsessebe or sassaby (Damaliscus lunatus lunatus) is the southern, nominate subspecies of Damaliscus lunatus, although some authorities have recognised it as an independent species. It is most closely related to the Bangweulu tsessebe, sometimes also seen as a separate species,[2][3] less to the topi, korrigum, coastal topi and tiang subspecies of D. lunatus,[3] and less to the bontebok in the same genus.[2] Common tsessebe are found in Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), and South Africa.[2][4]

Common tsessebe are among the fastest antelopes in Africa[5] and can run at speeds up to 90 km/h.[6]

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (7 January 2016). "Topi (Damaliscus lunatus)". IUCN Red List. IUCN. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Damaliscus lunatus, MSW3
  3. ^ a b Cotterill, Fenton Peter David (January 2003). "Insights into the taxonomy of tsessebe antelopes, Damaliscus lunatus (Bovidae: Alcelaphini) in south-central Africa: with the description of a new evolutionary species". Durban Museum Novitates. 28: 11–30. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. ^ Dorgeloh, Werner G. (2006). "Habitat Suitability for tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus lunatus". African Journal of Ecology. 44 (3): 329–336. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00654.x.
  5. ^ "Tsessebe | Botswana Wildlife Guide". www.botswana.co.za. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
  6. ^ van den Berg, Ingrid (2015). Kruger self-drive. van den Berg, Philip, van den Berg, Heinrich. Cascades, South Africa: HPH Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 9780994675125. OCLC 934195661.