- This article is about the antelope. For the town see Topi (town). For the headgear, see Pith helmet.
The Topi (Damaliscus korrigum) is an antelope species of the genus Damaliscus[1]. The vernacular name "Topi" applies not only to the species but also to two subspecies "D. k. jimela" and "D. k. topi", while the name Korrigum or Tiang applies to the subspecies D. k. korrigum[1]. Along with the Bangweulu tsessebe this species was formerly included in the Common Tsessebe.
The species is a savannah and floodplain antelope found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda. The species is regionally extinct in Burundi, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal.[2]
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References
- ^ a b c Grubb, Peter (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. Available online
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