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| taxon = Philantomba
| taxon = Philantomba
| authority = [[Edward Blyth|Blyth]], 1840
| authority = [[Edward Blyth|Blyth]], 1840
| type_species = ''[[Philantomba maxwellii|Antilope philantomba]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Charles Hamilton Smith|Smith]], 1827
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
| subdivision =
''[[Philantomba maxwellii|P. maxwellii]]''<br>
*''[[Philantomba maxwellii|P. maxwellii]]''
''[[Philantomba monticola|P. monticola]]''
*''[[Philantomba monticola|P. monticola]]''
''[[Philantomba walteri|P. walteri]]''
*''[[Philantomba walteri|P. walteri]]''
| type_species = ''[[Philantomba maxwellii]]''

| type_species_authority = [[Charles Hamilton Smith|Smith]], 1827
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'''''Philantomba''''' is a mammal [[genus (biology)|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 monticola'').<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3|id = 14200903}}</ref>
'''''Philantomba''''' is a mammal [[genus (biology)|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'').<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3|id = 14200903}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 15:52, 24 May 2022

Philantomba
Maxwell's duiker, the type species for Philantomba
Scientific classification Edit this 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
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]

  1. ^ 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.