Coastal topi
| Coastal topi | |
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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: | |
| Subspecies: | D. l. topi
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| Trinomial name | |
| Damaliscus lunatus topi (Blaine, 1914)[1]
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The coastal topi[1] (Damaliscus lunatus topi) is a highly social antelope of the genus Damaliscus. It is a subspecies of the tsessebe.[2]
Range and distribution
Coastal topi occur in Kenya in the Lamu, Garissa and Tana River districts. They were formerly found in southern Somalia in riverine grasslands on the lower Shebelle and Juba Rivers and around Lake Badana; no current information is available on these populations. In 1999, total population was assessed at ~100,000 individuals.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Template:IUCN2015.2
- ^ Grubb, P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Template:IUCN2015.2
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