Tiang (antelope)
| Tiang | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae |
| Genus: | Damaliscus |
| Species: | D. lunatus |
| Subspecies: | D. l. tiang |
| Trinomial name | |
| Damaliscus lunatus tiang | |
The Tiang (Damaliscus lunatus tiang) is a subspecies of the tsessebe, an African antelope. Tiang are found primarily in southern Chad, northern Central African Republic, and south-west Sudan to south-western Ethiopia, and extreme north-western Kenya.[2][3][4][5]
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2008). "Damaliscus lunatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 April 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- ↑ East, Rod; IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group (1998). "African Antelope Database". Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. 21: 200–207.
- ↑ Damaliscus lunatus, MSW3
- ↑ Dorgeloh, Werner G. (2006). "Habitat Suitability for tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus lunatus". African Journal of Ecology. 44: 329–336. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00654.x.
- ↑ http://www.worldsafarixpeditions.com/game/game.php/1/780/1/11 African Game Guide Hartebeest Tiang
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