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'''''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 |
'''''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 |
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[[Walter's duiker]] (''Philantomba walteri'').<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3|id = 14200903}}</ref> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Cephalophinae |
| Genus: | Philantomba Blyth, 1840 |
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| Philantomba maxwellii Smith, 1827
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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.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.