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topi [toh-pee, toh-pee]

topi

[toh-pee, toh-pee]
topi: see damalisk.
This article is about the antelope. For the town see Topi (town). For the headgear, see Pith helmet.

The Topi (Damaliscus korrigum) is an antelope species of the genus Damaliscus. The vernacular name "Topi" applies not only to the species but also to two subspecies "D. k. jimela" and "D. k. topi", while the name Korrigum or Tiang applies to the subspecies D. k. korrigum. Along with the Bangweulu tsessebe this species was formerly included in the Common Tsessebe.

The species is a savannah and floodplain antelope found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda. The species is regionally extinct in Burundi, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal.

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