Bangweulu tsessebe
Bangweulu tsessebe | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae |
Genus: | Damaliscus |
Species: | D. lunatus |
Subspecies: | D. l. superstes |
Trinomial name | |
Damaliscus lunatus superstes Cotterill, 2003[2] |
The Bangweulu tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus superstes) is an antelope found in northeastern Zambia.[3] Naturalist F. Cotterill recognized the tsessebes in northeastern Zambia in the southern Bangweulu Flats as a new species based on differences in pelage and cranial morphology.[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/136860/0
- ↑ Biolib.cz (retrieved March 20, 2010.)
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ IUCN Redlist.org (retrieved March 20, 2010.)
- ITIS.gov
- Macdonald, D.W. (2006). Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Damaliscus superstes Cotterill, 2003] Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005).
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