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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A West African antelope (Damalis Senegalensis), allied to the sassaby. It is reddish gray, with a black face, and a black stripe on the outside of the legs above the knees.

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  • noun Damaliscus korrigum korrigum, an antelope of a subspecies of the topi.

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  • Other uncommon animals are an isolated population of 30-40 chimpanzees Pan troglodytes schweinfurthi (E) in the southern lava field forest of Tongo, and in the north, a small relict population of okapi Okapia johnstoni (LR), topi Damaliscus korrigum (LR), forest hog Hylochoerus meinertzhageni and bongo Tragelaphus euryceros (LR); also three species of pangolin Manis spp. and the aardvark Orycteropus afer.

    Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo 2009

  • The topi's nearest relations are the sasseby, the tiang, and the korrigum.

    In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country John T. McCutcheon 1909

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