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--> GENUS Neotragus
SPECIES Neotragus batesi
Author: | De Winton, 1903. | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1903(1): 192. | Common Name: | Bates's Dwarf Antelope | Type Locality: | "Efulen, Bulu Country, Kamarun [Cameroon], 1500 ft. [457 m] above sea". | 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. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Synonymy modified from Ansell (1972:68). Regarded as three evolutionary species (N. batesi, N. harrisoni, and N. "ogouensis" [nomen nudum]) by Cotterill (2003b). |
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