Editing Common tsessebe (section)

{{Short description|Subspecies of the subfamily Alcelaphinae in the family Bovidae}}
{{Subspeciesbox
| name = Common tsessebe
| image = Tsessebe_(Botswana).jpg
| image_caption = Tsessebe in Botswana
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn2016>{{cite web|author=IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group |date=7 January 2016 |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/6235/0 |title=Topi (''Damaliscus lunatus'') |website=[[IUCN Red List]] |publisher=[[IUCN]] |access-date=23 April 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Damaliscus
| species = lunatus
| subspecies = lunatus
| authority = ([[William John Burchell|Burchell]], 1824)
| range_map = Damaliscus lunatus.png
| range_map_caption = Range in brown
}}

The '''common tsessebe''' or '''sassaby''' ('''''Damaliscus lunatus lunatus''''') is the southern, [[Nominate (taxonomy)|nominate]] subspecies of ''[[Damaliscus lunatus]]'', although some authorities have recognised it as an independent species. It is most closely related to the [[Bangweulu tsessebe]], sometimes also seen as a separate species,<ref name=MSW3>[https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=14200521 ''Damaliscus lunatus''], MSW3</ref><ref name=Cotterill2003a>{{cite journal |last1=Cotterill |first1=Fenton Peter David |date=January 2003 |title=Insights into the taxonomy of tsessebe antelopes, ''Damaliscus lunatus'' (Bovidae: Alcelaphini) in south-central Africa: with the description of a new evolutionary species |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236108885 |journal=Durban Museum Novitates |volume=28 |pages=11–30 |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref> less to the [[topi]], [[korrigum]], [[coastal topi]] and [[Tiang (antelope)|tiang]] subspecies of ''D. lunatus'',<ref name=Cotterill2003a/> and less to the [[bontebok]] in the same [[genus]].<ref name=MSW3/> Common tsessebe are found in [[Angola]], [[Zambia]], [[Namibia]], [[Botswana]], [[Zimbabwe]], [[Eswatini]] (formerly Swaziland), and [[South Africa]].<ref name=MSW3/><ref name="habitat suitability">{{cite journal|last=Dorgeloh|first=Werner G. |title=Habitat Suitability for tsessebe ''Damaliscus lunatus lunatus'' |journal=African Journal of Ecology |year=2006 |volume=44|issue=3 |pages=329–336|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00654.x}}</ref> 

Common tsessebe are among the fastest antelopes in Africa<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.botswana.co.za/tsessebe--botswana-wildlife-guide.html|title=Tsessebe {{!}} Botswana Wildlife Guide|website=www.botswana.co.za|access-date=2017-10-28}}</ref> and can run at speeds up to 90&nbsp;km/h.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Kruger self-drive|last=van den Berg|first=Ingrid|publisher=HPH Publishing|others=van den Berg, Philip, van den Berg, Heinrich|year=2015|isbn=9780994675125|location=Cascades, South Africa|page=102|oclc=934195661}}</ref>