Tsessebe

Tsessebe

Damaliscus lunatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Masai Mara National Reserve
3 Verified records at Masai Mara National Reserve
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

Damaliscus lunatus is a large African antelope of the genus Damaliscus and subfamily Alcelaphinae in the family Bovidae, with a number of recognised geographic subspecies. Some authorities have split the different populations of the species into different species, although this is seen as controversial. Common names include topi, sassaby (formerly also sassayby), tiang and tsessebe. Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Tsessebe at Masai Mara National Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
40–50%
2 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
20–30%
3 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
20–30%
4 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
5 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
6 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
7 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
8 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Insufficient data
9 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
10 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
11 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
12 Etosha National Park 🇳🇦 Namibia
Insufficient data
13 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Insufficient data
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