Topi

Topi

For other uses, see Topi (disambiguation).

Topi¹

Topi (D. k. jimela) in the Masai Mara

Conservation status

Conservation Dependent (IUCN 2.3)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Alcelaphinae
Genus:	Damaliscus
Species:	D. korrigum

Trinomial name

Damaliscus korrigum
(Ogilby, 1836)

The Topi (Damaliscus korrigum) is an antelope species of the genus Damaliscus¹. 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. korrigum¹. 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

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

Gallery

Topis in the Masai Mara.

Topi standing in Masai Mara.

Topi on an enhancement in Masai Mara

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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