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Damaliscus lunatus (common tsessebe)

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Antilope lunata was named by Burchell (1823). It is extant.

It was recombined as Damaliscus lunatus by Peters (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. dorcus, D. albifrons, D. hunteri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Antilope lunata Burchell
1990Damaliscus lunatus Peters p. 88

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeAlcelaphiniBrookes 1876
genusDamaliscusSclater and Thomas 1894
specieslunatus(Burchell 1823)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Damaliscus lunatus Burchell 1823 [common tsessebe]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya Damaliscus lunatus (21963)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Zambia Damaliscus lunatus (21924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Eswatini Damaliscus lunatus (21925)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Damaliscus lunatus (21957)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Damaliscus lunatus (21276)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Damaliscus lunatus (22066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Eswatini Damaliscus lunatus (21927 21955)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Damaliscus lunatus (21903 21904)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Damaliscus lunatus (22067 22068)