Tiang
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
see damalisk.
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Damalisk - name for African antelopes of the genus Damaliscus, closely related to the hartebeest.
D.l. tiang the tiang of the eastern regions of the Sahel
D.l. topi the topi of East Africa
D.l. jimela the nyamera of the lakes area of the Rift Valley in eastern Africa ...
Platalea tiangangensis (Xiacaowan Middle Miocene of Sihong, China)
Plegadis paganus (Late Oligocene/Early Miocene of France) - formerly Eudocimus, including Milnea
Plegadis gracilis (Late Pliocene of WC USA) ...
The yearly migrations of huge herds of white-eared kob, tiang (topi), and Mongalla gazelle in Southern Sudan rival that of wildebeest on the famed Serengeti Plains.
When joined by tiang antelopes and Mongalla gazelles they form enormous migrating herds of more than 1.2 million individuals.
jumela and D.l.topi (coastal topi) in North-eastern Congo and East Africa, D.l. tiang (tiang) in North-western Kenya, Western Ethiopia and South Sudan and D.l. korrigum from Senegal to Western Sudan.
However, this antelope has many other monikers, including (but not limited to) sassaby, tsessebe, korrigum, and tiang. Damalis (Greek) a young cow, a heifer; -iscus (L) diminutive suffix.
 See also: Antelope, Topi, Wildebeest, Korrigum, Hartebeest
  
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