Damaliscus korrigum selousi Lydekker, 1907

Guasin-gishu topi, Selous's topi, Selous' topi

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Damaliscus selousi Lydekker, 1907; Damaliscus lunatus selousi Lydekker, 1907; Damaliscus korrigum phalius Cabrera, 1911?

Considered a synonym of Damaliscus lunatus korrigum by (Duncan, 2013).

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: "sometime after 1930" (Gippoliti et al., 2017)

Distribution

Guasin-gishu Plateau, Mount Elgon, western Kenya (& Uganda?)

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Duncan, P. (2013). Damaliscus lunatus, pp. 502-510. In: Kingdon, Jonathan S. and Hoffmann, M. The Mammals of Africa.  Vol 6. Pigs, Deer, Giraffe, Bovids and Hippos. London: Academic Press, Bloomsbury.

Gippoliti, Spartaco, Cotterill, Fenton P. D., Zinner, Dietmar and Groves, Colin P. (2017). Impacts of taxonomic inertia for the conservation of African ungulate diversity:an overview. Biological Reviews. doi: 10.1111/brv.12335

Groves, Colin P. and Grubb, P. (2011). Ungulate Taxonomy. Baltimore, Maryland: The John Hopkins University Press.

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