Neotragus batesi De Winton 1903

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 685

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Neotragus batesi De Winton 1903 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1903 (1): 192.

Type Locality: "Efulen, Bulu Country, Kamarun [ Cameroon], 1500 ft. [457 m] above sea".

Vernacular Names: Bates's Dwarf Antelope.

Distribution: Forest zone of SE Cameroon, E Dem. Rep. Congo, NE Gabon, SE Nigeria, N Republic of Congo, and W Uganda. Occurrence south of the Ogôoué River in Gabon not confirmed by material evidence.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Synonymy modified from Ansell (1972:68). Regarded as three evolutionary species ( N. batesi , N. harrisoni , and N. "ogouensis" [nomen nudum]) by Cotterill (2003 b).