Common Tsessebe
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Common Tsessebe

Damaliscus lunatus

Overview

Okavango Delta, Serengeti National Park and Kruger National Park are among 12 atlas places where the Common Tsessebe is recorded. Its records concentrate in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Botswana and Uganda. In total, the atlas holds 292 open records of this mammal from 11 countries.

Because it is recorded in both hemispheres, seasons differ by region and each place page shows the months recorded there.

Records
292
Countries
11
Atlas places
12
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Common Tsessebe as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Kenya
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 113 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Tanzania
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 55 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 43 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Botswana
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 29 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Uganda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 23 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Rwanda
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 11 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Namibia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 8 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Zambia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 4 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Benin
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 6 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Chad
    25 km zone · low confidence · 0 records · updated 40 days ago
    Uncommon

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

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