Topi

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This article is about the antelope. For the town see Topi (town). For the headgear, see Pith helmet.
Topi[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Alcelaphinae
Genus: Damaliscus
Species: D. korrigum
Subspecies: D. k. jimela
Trinomial name
Damaliscus korrigum jimela
(Matschie, 1892)

The Topi, or Sassaby, (Damaliscus korrigum jimela) is a subspecies of the Korrigum,[1] a savannah and floodplain antelope. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. It became regionally extinct in Burundi.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Grubb, Peter (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, {{{pages}}}. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
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