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Tiang (antelope)

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Tiang
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Alcelaphinae
Genus: Damaliscus
Species:
Subspecies:
D. l. tiang
Trinomial name
Damaliscus lunatus tiang

The Tiang (Damaliscus lunatus tiang) is a subspecies of the tsessebe, an African antelope. Tiang are found primarily in southern Chad, northern Central African Republic, and south-west Sudan to south-western Ethiopia, and extreme north-western Kenya.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
  2. ^ East, Rod; IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group (1998). "African Antelope Database". Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. 21: 200–207.
  3. ^ Damaliscus lunatus, MSW3
  4. ^ Dorgeloh, Werner G. (2006). "Habitat Suitability for tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus lunatus". African Journal of Ecology. 44: 329–336. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00654.x.
  5. ^ http://www.worldsafarixpeditions.com/game/game.php/1/780/1/11 African Game Guide Hartebeest Tiang