Damaliscus
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| Damaliscus | |
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| Common Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae |
| Genus: | Damaliscus P.L. Sclater & Thomas, 1894 |
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Damaliscus, known as sassabies is a genus of antelope with one known species in the family Bovidae, subfamily Alcelaphinae found in Africa.
[edit] Species
- D. lunatus [1]
- D. pygargus (Pallas, 1767) – Bontebok and Blesbok
- D. p. phillipsi Harper, 1939 – Blesbok
- D. p. pygargus (Pallas, 1767) – Bontebok
- D. superstes (Cotterill, 2003) – Bangweulu Tsessebe
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f East, Rod; IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group (1998). "African Antelope Database". IUCN Species Survival Commission 21: 200–207.
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- Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14200516.
- Stuart, Chris & Stuart, Tilde. 2007. Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa. Fourth edition. Cape Town:Struik Publ.
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