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SPECIES Damaliscus korrigum
Author: | Ogilby, 1836. | Actual Date: | 1837 | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1836: 103. | Common Name: | Topi | Type Locality: | N Nigeria, "Bornou" (Borno Prov.). | Distribution: | West and Equatorial Africa in N Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, N Cameroon, N Central African Republic, Chad, Dem. Rep. Congo (Rwindi-Rutshuru plain only), W Ethiopia, Gambia, N Ghana, Guinea-Bisau, Kenya, Mali, S Mauritania, S Niger, N Nigeria, Ruanda, Senegal, S Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda. Former occurrence in Guinea unconfirmed. Now extinct in Burundi, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal. | Status: | CITES – Appendix III (Ghana); IUCN – Vulnerable as D. lunatus korrigum, Lower Risk (cd) as D. l. jimela and D. l. topi, Lower Risk (nt) as D. l. tiang, | Comments: | The vernacular name "Topi" applies to both jimela and topi, while the Korrigum or Tiang is korrigum. Synonymy modified from Ansell (1972:56). |
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