#damaliscus lunatus

[thegreatprinceoftheforest]

Topi | Jetmir Troshani

[snototter]

A male topi (Damaliscus lunatus) drinks from a lake in Mokala National Park, South Africa

by Bernard Dupont

[inatungulates]

Common tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus lunatus

Observed by happyasacupcake, CC BY-NC

[antiqueanimals]

Damaliscus lunatus. Struik Pocket Guides for South Africa: Mammals. Written by John Skinner. Illustrated by Penny Meakin. 1988.

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[authoratmidnight]

While I'm not any kind of expert I do like ID's animals, and I AM very good at image searching and a quick reverse search reveals this image comes from here!

The animal in question is listed on the website as a Topi! Specifically Damaliscus lunatus jimela.

It is in fact an antelope!

Hello! I have a random question and i'm not sure who to ask. Can you identify this skull? Even if it's not exact, I'm trying to find the critter it's based off of to use as a reference. (in an article that indicated it was a species of bovidae)

Thank you so much!

Looks like a hartebeast! Or a similar antelope. The cranium isn't quite long enough, but it's close.

They look like badly drawn deer

Maybe blesbok tho

I'm not sure where one should go for asking for IDs in the future. Maybe @mammalidentifier ?

[animalids]

Topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela)

Photo by Mark Newman

[terranlifeform]

African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) with the head of a tsessebee (Damaliscus lunatus l.) calf in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Thomas Retterath

[bovidaee]

A young Topi investigates a camera while it’s herd grazes behind it. Via Snapshot Safari

[ioseee]

Tsessebe.

[iihbki3]

Picture of the day: Female topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela) in the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, ended her visit to Uganda on 30 April 1954. https://t.co/uxTuyAaDAM

[beardless-bearded-vulture]

Received this vintage antelope skull! I have yet to determine the exact subspecies, but I know it is either a Korrigum or Topi (both Damaliscus lunatus ssp). I also have a blesbok skull (Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi) and I can't wait to compare the two!

This skull has quite the backstory. In 1960 he was shot, a headshot that killed him instantly. The bullet made a big hole near his eye and passed through the skull. The skull was cooked to remove the meat and free the horns from the horncores (making the skull VERY greasy). After that it was used for taxidermy! The mount went to France, where it survived for a few decades until the owner decided it needed to go and sold it. The buyer wanted the mount for it's skull but after taking it apart, found that it was in multiple pieces. He decided to sell it too. And that's where I come in! Now the skull is in the netherlands, far from where he once roamed the African plains over 60 years ago...

[thegreatprinceoftheforest]

Topi | Jayant Mathur

[mike13mt]

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 30, 2020: Female topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela) in the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, ended her visit to Uganda on 30 April 1954. Learn more.

[inatungulates]

Common tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus lunatus

Observed by bjoern1982, CC BY-NC

[ggungabyfish]

Wikipedia picture of the day on April 30, 2020: Female topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela) in the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, ended her visit to Uganda on 30 April 1954. https://ift.tt/2zBaGk2

[kiwawa-safaris-tanzania]

TOPI

One of Africa’s most common and most widespread antelopes.

Very commonly in the Serengeti. It ranges from the long grass Serengeti plains to the Serengeti woodlands but is very rarely seen on the short grass plains in the Eastern Serengeti.

Their large size makes it difficult for most predators to hunt them successfully (with the exception of lion and spotted hyena).

They are medium­-sized antelopes with a striking reddish-brown to purplish-red coat. With distinct black patches appear on their face, their upper forelegs, and on their hips and thighs. To complete their singular appearance, the topi's yellowish-tan legs look like they are encased in stockings.

This antelope is unusual in several ways. Most notably, if a female detects danger when in labor, she can simply delay the birthing process and run off.

Topis have a bounding gait and are considered to be the fastest of all ungulates.

Topi looks like a smaller and darker hartebeest, with higher forequarters sloping to lower hindquarters, but it has a less-elongated head and ordinary-looking horns, which are similar in both sexes.

It is a member of the tribe Alcelaphini (family Bovidae), which also includes the blesbok, hartebeest, and wildebeest. Damaliscus lunatus is known as the topi in East Africa and as the sassaby or tsessebe in southern Africa.