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Damaliscus lunatus (topi)

Wikipedia Abstract

The common tsessebe or sassaby (Damaliscus lunatus) is one of five species of the subfamily Alcelaphinae in the family Bovidae. It is most closely related to the topi and the bontebok in the same genus. Tsessebe are found primarily in Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. They used to be spread throughout a significant amount of Africa, from Senegal to eastern Ethiopia down to the northern areas of South Africa. Tsessebe can run at a maximum of 60 kilometers per hour.
View Wikipedia Record: Damaliscus lunatus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
26
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 10.19
EDGE Score: 2.42
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  242.51 lbs (110.00 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  24.47 lbs (11.10 kg)
Female Maturity [1]  1 year 9 months
Gestation [1]  7 months 28 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  24 years

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Angolan Miombo woodlands Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
East Sudanian savanna Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Saharan flooded grasslands Sudan Afrotropic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas
Sahelian Acacia savanna Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets Tanzania, Kenya Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Southern Africa bushveld Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Southern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Southern Miombo woodlands Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
West Sudanian savanna Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Niger, Nigeria Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Western Zambezian grasslands Angola, Zambia Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Zambezian flooded grasslands Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia Afrotropic Flooded Grasslands and Savannas

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Bamingui-Bangoran Conservation Area National Park II 2783298 Central African Republic  
Dinder National Park II 2088300 Sudan  
Kruger National Park II 4718115 Mpumalanga, South Africa
Kruger to Canyons Biosphere Reserve   Mpumalanga, South Africa  
Mamili National Park II 83904 Namibia  
Mkhaya Game Reserve   Swaziland  
Moremi Game Reserve IV 1214686 Botswana  
Parc National de Waza National Park II 349858 Cameroon  
Parc National du Niokolo-Koba National Park II 2046878 Senegal  
Queen Elizabeth National Park II 522052 Uganda
Reserve de la Biosphere de la Pendjari Biosphere Reserve 217453 Benin  
Serengeti-Ngorongoro Biosphere Reserve 5696026 Tanzania  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Horn of Africa Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Oman, Somalia, Yemen No
Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland No

Predators

Crocodylus niloticus (Nile crocodile)[2]
Lycaon pictus (African wild dog)[2]
Panthera leo (Lion)[3]
Panthera pardus (Leopard)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Agriostomum cursoni <Unverified Name>[4]
Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax bacterium)[5]
Calicophoron calicophorum[4]
Calicophoron microbothrium <Unverified Name>[4]
Calicophoron phillerouxi <Unverified Name>[4]
Calicophoron raja <Unverified Name>[4]
Calicophoron sukumum <Unverified Name>[4]
Carmyerius exoporus <Unverified Name>[4]
Carmyerius parvipapillatus <Unverified Name>[4]
Carmyerius spatiosus <Unverified Name>[4]
Cooperia fuelleborni <Unverified Name>[4]
Cooperia hungi <Unverified Name>[4]
Cooperia pectinata[4]
Cooperia yoshidai <Unverified Name>[4]
Cotylophoron cotylophorum <Unverified Name>[4]
Echinococcus granulosus[4]
Ehrlichia ruminantium[5]
Fasciola gigantica[4]
Gedoelstia cristata[5]
Haemonchus bedfordi[4]
Haemonchus contortus (red stomach worm)[4]
Haemonchus similis <Unverified Name>[4]
Impalaia tuberculata <Unverified Name>[4]
Leptospira interrogans[5]
Oesophagostomum columbianum[4]
Oestrus variolosus[5]
Ostertagia circumcincta[4]
Taenia crocutae <Unverified Name>[4]
Trichostrongylus colubriformis[4]
Trichostrongylus deflexus[4]
Trichostrongylus falculatus <Unverified Name>[4]
Trichostrongylus hamatus <Unverified Name>[4]
Trichostrongylus thomasi[4]

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Lichtenburg Game Breeding Centerlunatus
Mokopane Biodiversity Conservation Centrelunatus
San Antonio Zoological Gardens & Aquar

Range Map

Link to Map
Africa;

External References

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Grubb P., 22-Apr-2004, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 2The Serengeti food web: empirical quantification and analysis of topological changes under increasing human impact, Sara N. de Visser, Bernd P. Freymann and Han Olff, Journal of Animal Ecology 2011, 80, 484–494 ♦ 3Panthera leo, Sarah K. Haas, Virginia Hayssen, and Paul R. Krausman, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 762, pp. 1–11 (2005) ♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London ♦ 5Nunn, C. L., and S. Altizer. 2005. The Global Mammal Parasite Database: An Online Resource for Infectious Disease Records in Wild Primates. Evolutionary Anthroplogy 14:1-2.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
Images provided by Google Image Search
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
EDGE analysis provided by EDGE of Existence programme, Zoological Society of London
Range map provided by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), Conservation International & NatureServe.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011