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mammal · Artiodactyla · Bovidae

Common Tsessebe

Damaliscus lunatus (Burchell, 1823) — also called Western Tsessebe, Tiang, Tsessebe. Occurrence records of the Common Tsessebe are shared on GBIF from around 17 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Pilanesberg National Park (116 records), in 5 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernBovidae
17reserves with records
290records around them
5provinces
LCIUCN category
Common Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus)
Photo: Paulmaz at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
Pilanesberg National ParkGame reserveNW North West116
Kruger National ParkNational parkLP Limpopo41
Nylsvley Nature ReserveNature reserveLP Limpopo24
Pilanesberg Private LodgeNature reserveNW North West21
Mokala National ParkNational parkNC Northern Cape17
Ithala Game ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal15
Saint Lucia ParkNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal14
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal9
McGregor Private Nature ReserveNature reserveNW North West8
Lapalala WildernessGame reserveLP Limpopo7
Tswalu Kalahari ReserveGame reserveNC Northern Cape5
Waterberg BiosphereBiosphere reserveLP Limpopo3
KleinfonteinGame reserveLP Limpopo2
Mabula Game ReserveProtected areaLP Limpopo2
Free State National Botanical GardenBotanical gardenFS Free State2
9 Highlands WildernessNature reserveLP Limpopo2
56 Highlands WildernessNature reserveLP Limpopo2

By province

Limpopo
8 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal
3 reserves
North West
3 reserves
Northern Cape
2 reserves
Free State
1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class
Mammalia
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Bovidae
Scientific name
Damaliscus lunatus
GBIF taxon
2441041
Wikidata
Q545071

More of the Bovidae family

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Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.