Raphicerus

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Raphicerus
Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) female (33068039282).jpg
Female steenbok
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Tribe: Neotragini
Genus: Raphicerus
H. Smith, 1827
Species
Synonyms

Rhaphiceros Lydekker, 1897

Raphicerus is a genus of small antelopes of the tribe Neotragini (subfamily Antilopinae).

Raphicerus is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Kenya in the north to the Western Cape in South Africa.

The genus contains three species:[1]

References[]

  1. ^ 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. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
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