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Familia: Bovidae
Subfamilia: Alcelaphinae
Genus: Damaliscus
Species: D. lunatus – D. pygargus – †D. ademassui – †D. agelaius – †D. cuiculi – †D. eppsi – †D. gentryi – †D. hypsodon – †D. niro – †D. porrocornutus – †D. strepsiceras
secundum Groves & Grubb, 2011

Species exstantes et recentes: D. eurus – D. jimela – D. korrigum - D. lunatus – D. phillipsi – D. pygargus – †D. selousi – D. superstes – D. tiang – D. topi – D. ugandae

Name

Damaliscus Sclater & Thomas, 1894: I.: 51

Type species: Antilope pygargus Pallas, 1767, by original designation
References
Primary references

Sclater, P.L & Thomas, O. 1894–1900. The book of antelopes. London. Vol. I, II, III, IV. Reference page.

Additional references

Groves, C. & Grubb, P. 2011. Ungulate Taxonomy. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 336 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0093-8 Reference page.

Links

Damaliscus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names
Ελληνικά: Δαμαλίσκος
日本語: ダマリスクス属

The genus Damaliscus, commonly known as damalisks, is a genus of antelope in the family Bovidae, subfamily Alcelaphinae, found in Africa.
Species

Listed alphabetically.[1][2]

Genus Damaliscus – 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. jimela Matschie, 1892 – topi[4]
  • D. l. korrigum Ogilby, 1836 – korrigum[4]
  • D. l. lunatus – common tsessebe
  • D. superstes (Cotterill, 2003) - Bangweulu tsessebe
  • D. l. tiang (Heuglin, 1863) – tiang[4]
  • D. l. topi Blaine, 1914 – coastal topi
 Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, and South Africa
Map of range		 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 
bontebok

Damaliscus pygargus
(Pallas, 1767)

Two subspecies
  • D. p. phillipsi Harper, 1939 – blesbok
  • D. p. pygargus (Pallas, 1767) – bontebok
 South Africa, Lesotho and 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 



References

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.
"Genus Damaliscus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
Kingdon, J (2015-04-23). The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. pp. 428–431. ISBN 9781472921352.
East, Rod (1998). "African Antelope Database". IUCN Species Survival Commission. 21: 200–207.

Faith, 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 hypsodon sp. 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.

Stuart, Chris & Stuart, Tilde (2007). Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa. Fourth edition. Cape Town:Struik Publ.

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