Topi in the grasslands of the central plain, Virunga National Park, Congo (Democratic Republic)

"The Topi, or Tsessebe, as it is called in Southern Africa, is a savannah and floodplain antelope found in Sudan, Chad, Kenya, Tanzania, Southern Africa, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Topi stand over a metre tall at the shoulder and weigh 85 to 165 kilograms. Their coats are a rusty red colour with black legs, chest and a black strip running from forehead to the tip of the nose. The horns are lyre-shaped and are conspicuously ringed and can reach 70 centimetres in both sexes. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.