#0357 · 🦊 mammals

Tsessebe

🇳🇱 Lierantilope ·Damaliscus lunatus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © photokeen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © mikeloomis · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Sergey Pisarevskiy · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Ad Konings · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Stefan Haag · CC BY 4.0
6. Koobi Fora:© Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. Borena, Éthiopie:© CORDENOS Thierry · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Barh Azoum, Chad:© pfaucher · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Borena, Éthiopie:© CORDENOS Thierry · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Serengeti National Park, Tanzânia:© Diogo Luiz · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The common tsessebe or sassaby ( Damaliscus lunatus lunatus ) is one of five subspecies of African antelope Damaliscus lunatus of the genus Damaliscus and subfamily Alcelaphinae in the family Bovidae. It is most closely related to the topi, korrigum, coastal topi and tiang (all subspecies of Damaliscus lunatus ), and the bangweulu tsessebe and bontebok in the same genus. Tsessebe are found primarily in Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and South Africa. Tsessebe can run at a...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,025iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,025 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by William John Burchell in 1823 (203 years ago).