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    The common tsessebe or sassaby (Damaliscus lunatus lunatus) is the southern, nominate subspecies of Damaliscus lunatus, although some authorities have...
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    The common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) is a wild member of the pig family (Suidae) found in grassland, savanna, and woodland in sub-Saharan Africa...
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    although this is seen as controversial. Common names include topi, sassaby (formerly also sassayby), tiang and tsessebe. The word tope or topi is Swahili,...
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    The common eland (Taurotragus oryx), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a large-sized savannah and plains antelope found in East and...
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    The common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), also known as the gray duiker or bush duiker, is a small antelope and the only member of the genus Sylvicapra....
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    phillipsi) occurring in the Highveld. The bontebok is related to the common tsessebe. The bontebok is a tall, medium-sized antelope. They typically stand...
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    common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) or Nile hippopotamus. The pygmy hippopotamus displays many terrestrial adaptations, but like the common hippo...
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    native to Southeast Asia. It was formerly known as the Indian muntjac or the common muntjac before the species was taxonomically revised to represent only populations...
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    Beatragus Hirola (B. hunteri) Damaliscus Common tsessebe (D. lunatus) Bontebok (D. pygargus) Alcelaphus Hartebeest (A. buselaphus) Connochaetes Black...
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    The blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), also called the common wildebeest, white-bearded gnu or brindled gnu, is a large antelope and one of the two...
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    Tragelaphus spekeii T. s. selousi T. s. gratus T. s. spekii Genus Taurotragus Common eland, Taurotragus oryx T. o. oryx T. o. livingstonii T. o. pattersonianus...
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    Beatragus Hirola (B. hunteri) Damaliscus Common tsessebe (D. lunatus) Bontebok (D. pygargus) Alcelaphus Hartebeest (A. buselaphus) Connochaetes Black...
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  • Thumbnail for Bangweulu tsessebe
    The Bangweulu tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus superstes) is a population and possible taxon of Damaliscus lunatus (topi or sassaby), which are large African...
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    hippopotamuses; also shortened to hippo (pl.: hippos), further qualified as the common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus, or river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic...
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    Wild boar (redirect from Common boar)
    The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and...
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    Beatragus Hirola (B. hunteri) Damaliscus Common tsessebe (D. lunatus) Bontebok (D. pygargus) Alcelaphus Hartebeest (A. buselaphus) Connochaetes Black...
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    the desert warthog, while the best-known and most widespread species, the common warthog (or simply warthog), is Phacochoerus africanus. Although covered...
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    gemsbok is monotypic and the East African oryx has two subspecies; the common beisa oryx (O. b. beisa) and the fringe-eared oryx (O. b. callotis). In...
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    Beatragus Hirola (B. hunteri) Damaliscus Common tsessebe (D. lunatus) Bontebok (D. pygargus) Alcelaphus Hartebeest (A. buselaphus) Connochaetes Black...
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    an endangered mammal to survive beyond infancy. This demonstrated that a common species (in this case, a domestic sheep) can successfully become a surrogate...
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    the middle Pleistocene. The original camelids of North America remained common until the quite recent geological past, but then disappeared, possibly as...
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    by overhunting and the destruction of its natural habitat. It is not a common species naturally, and the population appears to have been reduced considerably...
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    the West Papuan lowlands, the species has become widely dispersed and is common in much of its new range. However its population in its native range has...
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    Beatragus Hirola (B. hunteri) Damaliscus Common tsessebe (D. lunatus) Bontebok (D. pygargus) Alcelaphus Hartebeest (A. buselaphus) Connochaetes Black...
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    from the BaHurutshe), and the Eraraka (or Erarak) clan of Uganda. As is common in many African societies, it is forbidden for the Joof or Eraraka to kill...
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    Sheep (redirect from Common sheep)
    line of descent from wild ancestors to domestic sheep is unclear. The most common hypothesis states that Ovis aries is descended from the Asiatic (O. gmelini)...
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    although the average recorded age in the wild ranges from 15 to 17 years. Common causes of mortality can include avalanches, epidemics and predation. In...
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    Beatragus Hirola (B. hunteri) Damaliscus Common tsessebe (D. lunatus) Bontebok (D. pygargus) Alcelaphus Hartebeest (A. buselaphus) Connochaetes Black...
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    Beatragus Hirola (B. hunteri) Damaliscus Common tsessebe (D. lunatus) Bontebok (D. pygargus) Alcelaphus Hartebeest (A. buselaphus) Connochaetes Black...
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    they are considered part of the same species as their wild relatives, the common species are to be named Bos primigenius and Bos gaurus. During the 2010s...
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