Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus) are also known to occur in the area. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Miombo woodlands] Reference
Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus) prefer open, grassy, and often seasonally flooded habitat. From Wordnik.com. [Angolan Miombo woodlands] Reference
Among the most abundant species found here are the white-eared kob (Kobus kob), the tiang (Damaliscus lunatus tiang) and the Mongalla gazelle (Gazella thomsonii albontata). From Wordnik.com. [Saharan flooded grasslands] Reference
Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus), which are mostly restricted to seasonally flooded grasslands, are known to follow the receding waters in the dry season and to retreat to higher ground when the waters rise. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian flooded grasslands] Reference
Of the 42 mammal species found in the reserve, prominent animals include eland, buffalo, bushbuck, mountain reedbuck, as well as black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou), and bontebok (Damaliscus dorcas dorcas). From Wordnik.com. [Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets] Reference
A charismatic flagship mammal is the strictly endemic bontebok (Damaliscus dorcas dorcas) which once grazed the extensive renosterveld plains of the South Coastal Forelands and is now mainly found in protected sanctuaries. From Wordnik.com. [Lowland fynbos and renosterveld] Reference
Of the region's remaining large mammals, one of the most beautiful is the bontebok (Damaliscus dorcas dorcas), an antelope that, though nearly extinct in the mid-1800s, was saved by the dedication of a small group of conservationists. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the Cape Floristic Region] Reference
Particularly in the foothills and mountains, larger mammals such as Chacma baboon Papio ursinus, honey-badger Mellivora capensis, clawless otter Aonyx capensis, leopard Panthera pardus, aardvark Orycteropus afer, eland Taurotragus oryx, the regional endemic bontebok Damaliscus dorcas dorcas anddiverse mustelids and viverrids occur. From Wordnik.com. [Cape Floral Protected Areas, South Africa] Reference
While only poor-quality browsing is available, this ecoregion hosts a rich assortment of large mammals, some bulk feeders like the African elephant (Loxodonta africana), some specialized feeders such as the sable antelope (Hippotragus niger), and some, such as the tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus), that utilize the wetlands scattered throughout this ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Angolan Miombo woodlands] Reference
Although other game (e.g. wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), blesbok (Damaliscus dorcas), quagga (Equus quagga), and eland (Taurotragus oryx)) were often involved in these migrations, springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) were by far the most numerous species. From Wordnik.com. [Nama Karoo] Reference
There is a wide variety of wildlife to be found here including herds of elephant (Loxodonta africana), buffalo, giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), blue wildebeest, red hartebeest, tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), gemsbok, kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) and eland, as well as all the large predators. From Wordnik.com. [Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands] Reference
Damaliscus dorcas) is not endangered but no longer migrates; the dwindling kulan (. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
Other ungulate species found in the area include tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus), oribi (Ourebia ourebi), reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), zebra (Equus burchelli), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), sable antelope (H. niger), kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), and Lichtenstein’s hartebeest (Signoceros lichtensteinii). From Wordnik.com. [Western Zambezian grasslands] Reference
Ungulates include zebra (Equus burchelli), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), sable antelope (H. niger), bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), kudu (T. strepsiceros), sitatunga (T. spekei), reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), impala (Aepyceros melampus subsp. melampus), common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), oribi (Ourebia ourebi), steenbok (Raphicerus campestris), eland (Taurotragus oryx), blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), buffalo (Syncerus caffer), hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus), waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), puku (K. vardoni), and lechwe (K. lechwe). From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands] Reference
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