Philantomba walteri

Colyn, J. Hulselmans, Sonet, Oudé, De Winter, Natta, Nagy, & E. Verheyen, 2010

Verheyen's Duiker

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Tribe : Cephalophini
Genus : Philantomba

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Colyn, M., Hulselmans, J., Sonet, G., Oudé, P., De Winter, J., Natta, A., Nagy, Z.T. and Verheyen, E. 2010-10-06. Discovery of a new duiker species (Bovidae: Cephalophinae) from the Dahomey Gap, West Africa. Zootaxa 2637:1-30.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2637.1.1

Original name as described

Philantomba walteri

Other common names

Walter's Duiker

Type material

RMCA 2007.027-M-0001

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Igbere (8° 59' N, 1° 7' E), Forêt Protégée de Wari-Maro (328 m elevation), near the Ecological Center of Manigri, Benin.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ghana? · Togo · Benin · Nigeria

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Colyn, M., Hulselmans, J., Sonet, G., Oude, P., De Winter, J., Natta, A., ... & Verheyen, E. (2010). Discovery of a new duiker species (Bovidae: Cephalophinae) from the Dahomey Gap, West Africa. Zootaxa, 2637(1), 1-30.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006231

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Philantomba walteri

Colyn, J. Hulselmans, Sonet, Oudé, De Winter, Natta, Nagy, & E. Verheyen, 2010

Family

Bovidae

Root name

walteri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 2007.027-M-0001

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

11

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  2. Groves & Grubb (2011:267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88418111/88418148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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