Bangweulu tsessebe | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae |
Genus: | Damaliscus |
Species: | D. superstes |
Binomial name | |
Damaliscus superstes Cotterill, 2003 |
The Bangweulu tsessebe (Damaliscus superstes) is an antelope found in northeastern Zambia.Naturalist F. Cotterill recognized the tsessebes in northeastern Zambia in the southern Bangweulu Flats as a new species based on differences in pelage and cranial morphology.