Order Artiodactyla
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
637
722
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Damaliscus lunatus
(Burchell 1824)
[Antilope] lunata
Burchell 1824
,
Travels in
Interior
of Southern Africa, Vol. 2: 334
.
Type Locality:
South Africa
,
Northern Cape Prov.
, Kuruman Dist., "Makkwarin" (Matlhwareng) River.
Vernacular Names:
Common Tsessebe
.
Distribution:
Southern Africa in E
Angola
, N
Botswana
,
Mozambique
(extinct), NE
Namibia
,
South Africa
(extinct in
Northern Cape
, North-West, and
Mpumalanga
Provs., and N
KwaZulu-Natal
; survives in E
Limpopo Prov.
; reintroduced within former range),
Swaziland
(extinct; reintroduced), E and C
Zambia
, and
Zimbabwe
.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (cd).
Discussion:
For date of publication see Ellerman et al. (1953:201), who included
korrigum
in this species.
Cotterill (2003
c
)
separated a Zambian population as a separate species and also regarded
korrigum
as a separate species.