Damaliscus

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Kingdom Animalia Order Artiodactyla Subfamily Alcelaphinae Higher classification Alcelaphinae		Phylum Chordata Family Bovidae Scientific name Damaliscus Rank Genus

Lower classifications Common tsessebe, Topi, Blesbok

Blesbok damaliscus pygargus phillipsi

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

Listed alphabetically.

D. lunatus Burchell, 1824 – Common tsessebe

D. l. jimela Matschie, 1892 – Topi

D. l. korrigum Ogilby, 1836 – Korrigum

D. l. lunatus – Common tsessebe

D. l. tiang – Tiang

D. l. topi Blaine, 1914 – Coastal topi

D. pygargus (Pallas, 1767) – Bontebok and blesbok

D. p. phillipsi Harper, 1939 – Blesbok

D. p. pygargus (Pallas, 1767) – Bontebok

D. superstes (Cotterill, 2003) – Bangweulu tsessebe

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