Topi

Topi

: "This article is about the antelope. For the town see Topi (town). For the headgear, see Pith helmet."Taxobox
name = TopiMSW3 Grubb|id=14200517]


image_width = 260px
image_caption = Topi ("D. k. jimela") in the Masai Mara
status = lr/cd
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Artiodactyla
familia = Bovidae
subfamilia = Alcelaphinae
genus = "Damaliscus"
species = "D. korrigum"
trinomial = "Damaliscus korrigum"
trinomial_authority = (Ogilby, 1836)

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.Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3 Available online] ]

Subspecies

* Korrigum, "Damaliscus korrigum korrigum"
* Topi, "Damaliscus korrigum jimela": found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. It became regionally extinct in Burundi.
* Coastal Topi, "Damaliscus korrigum topi"

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  • topi — TOPÍ, topesc, vb. IV. 1. refl. şi tranz. A trece sau a face ca un corp să treacă, prin încălzire, din stare solidă în stare lichidă; a (se) lichefia. ♦ refl. A şi pierde consistenţa, a se muia (sub efectul căldurii). ♦ tranz. şi refl. fig.… …   Dicționar Român

  • topi — statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Damaliscus lunatus angl. korrigum; sassaby; South African sassaby; tiang; topi; tsessebe vok. Halbmondantilope; Korrigum; Leierantilope; Riesenleierantilope; Sassaby… …   Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas

  • Topi — steht für eine Unterart der Leierantilope den Familiennamen von Bamir Topi (* 1957), albanischer Staatspräsident Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichne …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • topi — topi; iso·topi·cal·ly; …   English syllables

  • Topi — To pi, n. An antelope ({Damaliscus corrigum jimela}) having a glossy purplish brown coat. It is related to the blesbok and is native of East Africa. Also, any of various related varieties of other districts south of the Sahara. [Webster 1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Topi —   [afrikanisch] das, (s)/ s, Unterart von Damaliscus lunatus (Leierantilopen) …   Universal-Lexikon

  • ţopi — s.m. pl. (reg.) nume dat moţilor. Trimis de blaurb, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DAR …   Dicționar Român

  • Topi — Damaliscus korrigum …   Wikipédia en Français

  • topi — topi1 /toh pee , toh pee/, n., pl. topis. topee. topi2 /toh pee/, n., pl. topis. an antelope, Damaliscus lunatus, of east central Africa, having bluish black and yellow markings. [1905 10; said to be < Swahili] * * * ▪ mammal also called… …   Universalium

  • topi — UK [ˈtəʊpiː] / US [ˈtoʊpɪ] noun [countable] Word forms topi : singular topi plural topis or topi a light hard hat with a brim that is worn in hot countries to protect you from the sun …   English dictionary

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