Topi  (Damaliscus lunatus)

Authentication

Authenticated (04/01/08) by Dr Jakob Bro-Jørgensen, Research Fellow, Institute of Zoology, London.
http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/ioz/people/bro-jorgensen.htm

Glossary

Subspecies: A population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.
Ungulate: Hoofed, grazing mammal.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (November, 2007)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Ultimate Ungulate (December, 2004)
    http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Damaliscus_lunatus.html
  3. CITES (December, 2004)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Sayer, J.A. (1982) The pattern of the decline of the Korrigum Damaliscus lunatus in West Africa. Biological Conservation, 23: 95 - 110.
  5. Kingdon, J. (1989) East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  6. Alden, P.C., Estes, R.D., Schlitter, D. and McBride, B. (1996) Collins Guide to African Wildlife. HarperCollins Publishers, London.
  7. Macdonald, D.W. (2006) Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  8. Sutherland, W.J. (1996) From Individual Behaviour to Population Ecology. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  9. Bro-Jørgensen, J. (2007) Reversed sexual conflict in a promiscuous antelope. Current Biology, 17: 2157 - 2161.
  10. Dunham, K.M., Robertson, E.F. and Swanepoel, C.M. (2003) Population decline of tsessebe antelope (Damaliscus lunatus lunatus) on a mixed cattle and wildlife ranch in Zimbabwe. Biological Conservation, 113 (1): 111 - 124.