Tsessebe

Tsessebe
Damaliscus lunatus
Description - Other Names - Distribution - Taxonomy ...

Tsessebe
Africa Mammals Guide Information: The colouring is dark reddish-brown with a metallic sheen. The blaze on the face as well as the upper parts of the fore and hind legs down to the knees are black.

TSESSEBE - Damaliscus lunatus
English name is Sassaby - tsessebe comes from 19th Century Tswana ...

Tsessebe, black rhino, Cape mountain zebra, African wild dog, Oribi.

Vulnerable ...

Beatragus Beatragus hunteri Hunter's hartebeest, hirola Connochaetes Connochaetes gnou White-tailed gnu, black wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus Brindled gnu, blue wildebeest Damaliscus Damaliscus korrigum Korrigum, topi Damaliscus lunatus Tsessebe ...

Korrigum (D. korrigum) Â- Common Tsessebe (D. lunatus) Â- Bontebok (D. pygargus) Â- Bangweulu Tsessebe (D. superstes)
Alcelaphus
Hartebeest (A. buselaphus) Â- Red Hartebeest (A. caama) Â- Lichtenstein's Hartebeest (A. lichtensteinii) ...

lunatus (tsessebe) from Zambia southwards, D.l. 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.

Many species in catastrophic decline ( wildebeest, giraffe, tsessebe, lechwe, zebra, warthog, kudu, roan, ostrich)
Elephants and hippos are not declining ...

June 27, 2011 " A recently completed aerial survey of northern Botswana indicates that wildebeest, giraffes, kudu, lechwe, ostriches, roan and tsessebe antelope and warthog species are significantly challenged. ... > full story ...

May occur in open woodland but avoids dense woodland. Prefers open plains such as grassplains, floodplains, grassveld, vleis and strips of grass around pans. Independant of water. This large antelope resembles the Tsessebe.

See also: Antelope, Wildebeest, Hartebeest, Korrigum, Cattle