Damaliscus
# Damaliscus

Damaliscus, commonly known as damalisks, is a genus of antelope in the family Bovidae, subfamily Alcelaphinae, found in Africa.

## Species

Listed alphabetically.

| Image and scientific name | Subspecies | Common name | Distribution |
| - | - | - | - |
| D. lunatus Burchell, 1824 | D. l. jimela Matschie, 1892 – topi D. l. korrigum Ogilby, 1836 – korrigum D. l. lunatus – common tsessebe D. superstes (Cotterill, 2003) - Bangweulu tsessebe D. l. tiang (Heuglin, 1863) – tiang D. l. topi Blaine, 1914 – coastal topi | topi, tiang or tsessebe | Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, and South Africa |
| D. pygargus (Pallas, 1767) | D. p. phillipsi Harper, 1939 – blesbok D. p. pygargus (Pallas, 1767) – bontebok | bontebok | South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia |
| †D. hypsodon (Faith et al., 2012) | | | Known from the Middle-Late Pleistocene of East Africa; became extinct at the onset of the Holocene due to the loss of its grassland habitat |
| †D. niro (Hopwood, 1936) | | | Known from throughout the Pleistocene of eastern and southern Africa; became extinct around 63,000 years ago. |
