Philantomba
| Philantomba | |
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| Maxwell's duiker, the type species for Philantomba | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Ruminantia |
| Infraorder: | Pecora |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Cephalophinae |
| Genus: | Blyth, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Antilope philantomba Smith, 1827
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| Species | |
Philantomba is a mammal genus which contains three species of duiker, a type of small antelope. The three species are Maxwell's duiker (Philantomba maxwellii), the blue duiker (Philantomba monticola) and the Walter's duiker (Philantomba walteri).[1]
References
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.