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Hoofed mammals

Tsessebe

Tsessebe · Damaliscus lunatus

Savanna antelope with a dark facial mask and reddish-brown coat with a purplish sheen.

Fact file

Size: Tsessebe grow to about 2.1 m in length, reach around 1.2 m at the shoulder and weigh about 120–160 kg for bulls and about 75–150 kg for cows.
Males and females: Bulls are darker in colour than cows; both sexes carry horns.
Diet: Tsessebe are grazers that prefer short to medium-length grasses, especially fresh growth.
Offspring: After a gestation period of about 240 days a single calf weighing around 10–12 kg is born, and can keep up with the herd shortly after birth; in the south most calves are born between October and December.

Tsessebe look a little like hartebeest, with shoulders higher than the rump and an elongated, narrow muzzle with a dark blaze on the forehead.

The coat is a dark reddish-brown and can show a purplish sheen.

The head, lower shoulders and upper legs are darker than the rest of the body, while the lower legs are brownish-yellow.

Both sexes carry widely splayed, lyre-shaped, ringed horns.

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