Tiang (antelope)

Tiang
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Bovidae
Subfamily:Alcelaphinae
Genus:Damaliscus
Species: D. lunatus
Subspecies: D. l. tiang
Trinomial name
Damaliscus lunatus tiang

The Tiang (Damaliscus lunatus tiang) is a subspecies of the tsessebe, an African antelope. Tiang are found primarily in southern Chad, northern Central African Republic, and south-west Sudan to south-western Ethiopia, and extreme north-western Kenya.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2017). "Damaliscus lunatus ssp. tiang". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 December 2017. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
  2. ↑ East, Rod; IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group (1998). "African Antelope Database". Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. 21: 200–207.
  3. ↑ Damaliscus lunatus, MSW3
  4. ↑ Dorgeloh, Werner G. (2006). "Habitat Suitability for tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus lunatus". African Journal of Ecology. 44: 329–336. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00654.x.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-18. Retrieved 2012-06-08. African Game Guide Hartebeest Tiang


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