Bovidae
Author
Don E. Wilson
Author
Russell A. Mittermeier
text
2011
2011-08-31
Lynx Edicions
Barcelona
Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 2 Hoofed Mammals
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book chapter
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Coastal Topt
Damaliscus topi
French:
Topi cotier
/
German:
Kisten-Topi
/
Spanish:
Topi
costero
Taxonomy.
Damaliscus korrigum topi Blaine, 1914
,
Near
Malindi
,
Kenya
.
Formerly considered a subspecies of
D. korrigum
. Monotypic.
Distribution.
Coastal East Africa, from the Shebelle River in Juba region of
Somalia
S at least to
Malindi
,
Kenya
. The range is isolated from that of other taxa.
Descriptive notes.
Head-body
200 cm
,tail
43 cm
, ear 19-5 cm, hindfoot
51 cm
; weight 110-130 kg. Color is darker and richer than in other species, heavily suffused with a mauve bloom, and becoming paler on the belly. The facial blaze is blackish-gray, with a reddish tinge, and sprinkled with white hairs. Although it is much smaller than the other species, the horns are longer than in other East African topi; they are slender and bend backward very slightly. The horns of males and females hardly differ, but the tips are closer together in females. However, in size, the sexual dimorphism is greater than in the other East African
Damaliscus
species.
Habitat.
The Coastal Topilives in floodplain grasslands of
Kenya
and
Somalia
.
Food and Feeding.
There is no specific information available for this species, but all topi are grazers.
Breeding.
Apparently breeding is year-round, not seasonal as in most species.
Activity patterns.
Appear to emerge from cover at dawn to graze, retire to light woodland in the middle of the day, and reemerge toward dusk.
Movements, Home range and Social organization.
There is no specific information available for this species, but itis probably like other topi. Males tend to be solitary and female groups cross their territories.
Status and Conservation.
Classified as Near Threatened on The IUCN Red Last (as
D. lunatus
topr). In the 1990s there were estimated to be 83,000 on the
Kenya
coast, and smaller populations probably remain in southern
Somalia
.
Bibliography.
Kingdon (1982).