Damaliscus

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Damaliscus - African antelopes: sassabies

genus Damaliscus

mammal genus - a genus of mammals

Bovidae, family Bovidae - true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats

Damaliscus lunatus, sassaby, topi - a large South African antelope; considered the swiftest hoofed mammal

Translations

damalisque

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The positive result from a small resident herd of wildebeest near Olbalbal warrants closer examination of the PPRV status of migrating populations of wildebeest, Thomson's gazelle, and topi (a type of antelope, Damaliscus lunatus), which moved out of the area during April-May 2014.

Spillover of peste des petits ruminants virus from domestic to wild ruminants in the serengeti ecosystem, tanzania

The tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus), whose common name is derived from the Tswana "tshesebe ", is most closely related to the topi and the bontebok, which are classified in the same genus.

Tshesebe issue

The topi Damaliscus lunatus jimela, a medium sized (i.e.

Effect of human nuisance on the social organisation of large mammals: group sizes and compositions of seven ungulate species in Lake Mburo National Park and the adjacent Ankole Ranching Scheme

Female adult survival was high irrespective of body mass (from 0.710 in topi (Damaliscus lunatus) to 0.978 in pronghorn (Antilocapra americana); mean of 0.903, SE = 0.012).

Are moose only a large deer?: some life history considerations

Hill (1979) related that the mandible is usually one of the earliest elements to separate from the skeleton of the African antelope Damaliscus, and that the vertebrae, separating last, are the bones that remain longest at the death site.

Palaeoecological interpretation of pollen, macrofossils, polygonal fissures, and taphonomy of the Shafer Mastodont Locality, Warren County, Indiana

In Serengeti, follower species include wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), topi (Damaliscus korrigum), buffalo (Syncerus caffer), and zebra (Equus burchelli).