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{{Short description|Genus of mammals}}
'''''Philantomba''''' is a mammal [[genus]] which contains two species of [[duiker]], a type of small [[antelope]]. The two species are [[Maxwell's duiker]] (''Philantomba maxwellii'') and the [[blue duiker]] (''Philantomba maxwellii'').▼
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Stavenn Cephalophus maxwellii.jpg
| image_caption = [[Maxwell's duiker]], the [[type species]] for ''Philantomba''
| taxon = Philantomba
| authority = [[Edward Blyth|Blyth]], 1840
| type_species = ''[[Philantomba maxwellii|Antilope philantomba]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Charles Hamilton Smith|Smith]], 1827
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
*''[[Philantomba maxwellii|P. maxwellii]]''
*''[[Philantomba monticola|P. monticola]]''
*''[[Philantomba walteri|P. walteri]]''
}}
▲'''''Philantomba''''' is a mammal [[genus (biology)|genus]] which contains
[[Walter's duiker]] (''Philantomba walteri'').<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3|id = 14200903}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Mammal genera]]
[[Category:Duikers]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Edward Blyth]]
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Maxwell's duiker, the type species for Philantomba | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Cephalophinae |
Genus: | Philantomba 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[edit]
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.