Bangweulu tsessebe
| Bangweulu tsessebe | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae |
| Genus: | Damaliscus |
| Species: | D. superstes
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| Binomial name | |
| Damaliscus superstes Cotterill, 2003[2]
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The Bangweulu tsessebe (Damaliscus superstes) is an antelope found in northeastern Zambia.[3] Naturalist F. Cotterill recognized the tsessebes in northeastern Zambia in the southern Bangweulu Flats as a new species based on differences in pelage and cranial morphology.[4]
References
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/136860/0
- ^ Biolib.cz (retrieved March 20, 2010.)
- ^ 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.
- ^ IUCN Redlist.org (retrieved March 20, 2010.)
- ITIS.gov
- Macdonald, D.W. (2006). Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Damaliscus superstes Cotterill, 2003] Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005).
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