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--> SUBFAMILY Cephalophinae
--> GENUS Philantomba
SPECIES Philantomba monticola
| Author: | Thunberg, 1789. | | Citation: | Resa uti Europa Africa, Asia..., 2: 66. | | Common Name: | Blue Duiker | | Type Locality: | South Africa, "Lange Kloof"; since identified as borders of Western and Eastern Cape, Uniondale and Humansdorp Dist., Langkloof, 33°48'S, 23° to 24° 30'E; see Grubb (1999:21). | | Distribution: | Forested habitats in N Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Dem. Rep. Congo, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko, Mbini), Gabon, W and E Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria east of Cross River, Republic of Congo, South Africa (East Cape Prov., KwaZulu-Natal), S Sudan, Tanzania including Pemba and Zanzibar Isls, Uganda, Zambia, E Zimbabwe. Former or present occurrence in Swaziland uncertain. No record from Lesotho (Lynch, 1994). | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II as Cephalophus monticola; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Cepalophus monticola. | | Comments: | May include maxwellii; see Haltenorth and Diller (1977:43). Can be partitioned between grey-legged melanorheus division (includes also aequatorialis, congicus, lugens, musculoides, and sundevalli) and red-legged nominate monticola division (includes also anchietae, bicolor, defriesi, hecki, and simpsoni). Cotterill (2003b) recognised pembae and melanorheus as evolutionary species. |
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