Bangweulu tsessebe

Bangweulu tsessebe
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

  1. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/136860/0
  2. Biolib.cz (retrieved March 20, 2010.)
  3. 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.
  4. 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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