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Topi

Topi (D. k. jimela) in the Maasai Mara
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Alcelaphinae
Genus:	Damaliscus
Species:	D. korrigum
Binomial name
*Damaliscus korrigum* (Ogilby, 1837)
Subspecies
see text

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]

Subspecies

Damaliscus korrigum korrigum – Korrigum
Damaliscus korrigum jimela – Topi (found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. It has became regionally extinct in Burundi)
Damaliscus korrigum topi – Topi

Gallery

Topis in the Maasai Mara.	Topi standing in Maasai Mara.	Topi on an enhancement in Maasai Mara	Topi in Northern Serengeti
Topi in Northern Serengeti	D. k. jimela, Serengeti, Tanzania

References

^ ^a ^b Grubb, Peter (16 November 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds). ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14200517.
^ 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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