Damaliscus

Damaliscus
	A female topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Alcelaphinae
Genus:	Damaliscus; P.L. Sclater&Thomas,1894
Type species
	Antilope pygargus; Pallas, 1767
Species
	Damaliscus lunatus; Damaliscus pygargus; †Damaliscus hypsodon; †Damaliscus niro;
	Subspecies range map of thegenusDamaliscus

The genusDamaliscus,commonly known asdamalisks,is a genus ofantelopein the familyBovidae,subfamilyAlcelaphinae,found in Africa.

Species

Listed Alpha betically.^[1]^[2]

GenusDamaliscus–P.L. Sclater&Thomas,1894– four species
Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
topi, tiang or tsessebe^[3]	Damaliscus lunatus Burchell, 1824^[4] Six subspecies D. l. jimelaMatschie, 1892–topi^[4] D. l. korrigumOgilby, 1836–korrigum^[4] D. l. lunatus–common tsessebe D. superstes(Cotterill, 2003)-Bangweulu tsessebe D. l. tiang(Heuglin, 1863)–tiang^[4] D. l. topiBlaine, 1914–coastal topi	Angola,Zambia,Namibia,Botswana,Zimbabwe,Eswatini,andSouth Africa	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
bontebok	Damaliscus pygargus (Pallas, 1767) Two subspecies D. p. phillipsiHarper, 1939–blesbok D. p. pygargus(Pallas, 1767)–bontebok	South Africa,Lesothoand Namibia	Size: Habitat: Diet:	VU
	†Damaliscus hypsodon (Faith et al., 2012)	Known from the Middle-Late Pleistocene of East Africa; became extinct at the onset of the Holocene due to the loss of its grassland habitat^[5]	Size: Habitat: Diet:	EX
	†Damaliscus niro Hopwood, 1936	Known from throughout the Pleistocene of eastern and southern Africa; became extinct around 63,000 years ago.^[5]	Size: Habitat: Diet:	EX

^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.
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^^a ^b ^c ^dEast, Rod (1998). "African Antelope Database".IUCN Species Survival Commission.21:200–207.
^^a ^bFaith, J. Tyler; Potts, Richard; Plummer, Thomas W.; Bishop, Laura C.; Marean, Curtis W.; Tryon, Christian A. (November 2012). "New perspectives on middle Pleistocene change in the large mammal faunas of East Africa:Damaliscus hypsodonsp. nov. (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Lainyamok, Kenya ".Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.361–362: 84–93.Bibcode:2012PPP...361...84F.doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.08.005.

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