Damaliscus lunatus (Burchell 1824)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 677

Damaliscus lunatus (Burchell 1824)

[Antilope] lunata Burchell 1824 , Travels in Interior of Southern Africa, Vol. 2: 334.

Type Locality: South Africa, Northern Cape Prov., Kuruman Dist., "Makkwarin" (Matlhwareng) River.

Vernacular Names: Common Tsessebe.

Distribution: Southern Africa in E Angola, N Botswana, Mozambique (extinct), NE Namibia, South Africa (extinct in Northern Cape, North-West, and Mpumalanga Provs., and N KwaZulu-Natal; survives in E Limpopo Prov.; reintroduced within former range), Swaziland (extinct; reintroduced), E and C Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (cd).

Discussion: For date of publication see Ellerman et al. (1953:201), who included korrigum in this species. Cotterill (2003 c) separated a Zambian population as a separate species and also regarded korrigum as a separate species.