Order Artiodactyla
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
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722
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Philantomba monticola
(Thunberg 1789)
[Philantomba] monticola
(Thunberg 1789)
,
Resa uti Europa Africa, Asia ..., Vol. 2: 66
.
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)
.
Vernacular Names:
Blue Duiker
.
Subspecies:
:
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
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
).
Conservation:
CITES
– Appendix II as
Cephalophus monticola
;
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc) as
Cepalophus monticola
.
Discussion:
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 (2003
b
)
recognised
pembae
and
melanorheus
as evolutionary species.