Tsessebe
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The Tsessebe of Southern Africa and the Topi of East Africa are the swiftest runners of the antelopes. These two species are related. Both have the powerful shoulder muscles & the black patches on their shoulders and nose.These are a pair, the female is in front. Both sexes bear horns. [Chobe NP, Botswana].
Tsessebe threesome: (L>R: male, juvenile, female). Note the difference in the horn thickness at the base--the male's (at the rear) is heavier. [Chobe NP, Botswana].
Juvenile Tsessebe male fleeing [Chobe NP, Botswana].
A Tsessebe pauses to scratch his head. Same juvenile as in previous image. [Chobe NP, Botswana].
Tsessebe females in the high grass. One is standing on a mound, like the Topi of East Africa, to which they are related (also related to Lichtenstein's Hartebeest--found in East and Southern Africa). [Chobe NP, Botswana].
Tsessebe: I had never seen an animal make a clownish facial expression. Note the squinted right eye and the curled up tongue resting on her jaw. [Duba Plains, Botswana].
Two-week-old Tsessebe colt uses its hoof to scratch its neck.[Botswana].
One-week-old Tsessebe with its mother. {Botswana].
A pair of 2-wk-old tsessebes in the tall grass. [Botswana].
Three 2-wk-old Tsessebe calfs comforting each other.[Botswana].
The same three Tsessebe colts as in the preceeding image.{Botswana].
Tsessebe youngsters play-fighting. They have lighter skin-color, and only beginning horn-development. [Chobe NP, Botswana].
