Biology:Damaliscus

From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of mammals


Damaliscus
Topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela) female.jpg
A female topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela)
Scientific classification e
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.png
Subspecies range map of the genus Damaliscus

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

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1][2]

Image and scientific name Subspecies Common name Distribution
Damaliscus lunatus.jpg
D. lunatus Burchell, 1824[3]

topi, tiang or tsessebe[4]
Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, and South Africa
Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) (32669740552).jpg
D. pygargus (Pallas, 1767)
  • D. p. phillipsi Harper, 1939blesbok
  • D. p. pygargus (Pallas, 1767)bontebok
bontebok South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia
D. 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]
D. niro (Hopwood, 1936) Known from throughout the Pleistocene of eastern and southern Africa; became extinct around 63,000 years ago.[5]

References

  1. 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. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=14200516. 
  2. "Genus Damaliscus". https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?taxonomies=126566&searchType=species. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 East, Rod (1998). "African Antelope Database". IUCN Species Survival Commission 21: 200–207. 
  4. Kingdon, J (2015-04-23). The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. pp. 428–431. ISBN 9781472921352. https://books.google.com/books?id=sjPCCAAAQBAJ&q=%22tsessebe%22. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 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" (in en). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 361-362: 84–93. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.08.005. Bibcode2012PPP...361...84F. 
  • Stuart, Chris & Stuart, Tilde (2007). Field Guide to Mammals of Southern Africa. Fourth edition. Cape Town:Struik Publ.

Wikidata ☰ Q2086371 entry