Coastal topi
| Coastal topi | |
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| Male | |
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| Female both in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae |
| Genus: | Damaliscus |
| Species: | D. lunatus |
| Subspecies: | D. l. topi |
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Damaliscus lunatus topi (Blaine, 1914) |
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The Coastal topi (Damaliscus lunatus topi) is a highly social antelope of the genus Damaliscus. It is a subspecies of the tsessebe.
Coastal topi occur in Kenya in the Lamu, Garissa and Tana River districts. They were formerly found in southern Somalia in riverine grasslands on the lower Shebelle and Juba Rivers and around Lake Badana; no current information is available on these populations. In 1999, total population was assessed at ~100,000 individuals.
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