Philantomba Blyth 1840

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 : 715

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
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scientific name	Philantomba Blyth 1840
status

Treatment

Philantomba Blyth 1840 , in: Cuvier's Animal Kingdom: 140.

Type Species: Antilope philantomba C. H. Smith 1827

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 14 subspecies:

Species Philantomba maxwellii (C. H. Smith 1827)

Subspecies Philantomba maxwellii subsp. maxwellii C. H. Smith 1827

Subspecies Philantomba maxwellii subsp. danei Hinton 1920

Species Philantomba monticola (Thunberg 1789)

Subspecies Philantomba monticola subsp. monticola Thunberg 1789

Subspecies Philantomba monticola subsp. aequatorialis Matschie 1892

Subspecies Philantomba monticola subsp. anchietae Bocage 1879

Subspecies Philantomba monticola subsp. bicolor Gray 1863

Subspecies Philantomba monticola subsp. congicus Lönnberg 1908

Subspecies Philantomba monticola subsp. defriesi W. Rothschild 1904

Subspecies Philantomba monticola subsp. hecki Matschie 1897

Subspecies Philantomba monticola subsp. lugens Thomas 1898

Subspecies Philantomba monticola subsp. melanorheus Gray 1846

Subspecies Philantomba monticola subsp. musculoides Heller 1913

Subspecies Philantomba monticola subsp. simpsoni Thomas 1910

Subspecies Philantomba monticola subsp. sundevalli Fitzinger 1869

Discussion: Restored to generic rank ( Grubb and Groves, 2002; Grubb et al., 1998; supported by Jansen van Vuuren and Robinson, 2001). For parapatric distribution of species in Nigeria, see Wilson (2002).