Raphicerus
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Genus of mammals
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| Femalesteenbok | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
| Tribe: | Neotragini |
| Genus: | Raphicerus H. Smith,1827 |
| Type species | |
| Cerophorus acuticornis[1] de Blainville, 1816
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| Species | |
| Synonyms | |
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RhaphicerosLydekker, 1897 | |
Raphicerusis agenusof smallantelopesof thetribeNeotragini(subfamilyAntilopinae).
Raphicerusis endemic tosub-Saharan Africa,ranging fromKenyain the north to theWestern CapeinSouth Africa.
The genus contains three species:[2]
- Cape or southern grysbokR. melanotis
- Sharpe's or northern grysbokR. sharpei
- SteenbokR. campestris
References
[edit]- ^Wilson, D. E.;Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference(3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press.ISBN978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC62265494.
- ^Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011)."Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist".Species 2000: Reading, UK.Retrieved1 February2014.
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