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Philantomba walteri
Verheyen's duiker
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Literature Cited

Assou, D., D'Cruze, N., Kirkland, H., Auliya, M., Macdonald, D.W. and Segniagbeto, G.H. (2021). Camera trap survey of mammals in the Fazao-Malfakassa National Park, Togo, West Africa. African Journal of Ecology 59(3): 583-596.

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CITES (Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna). 2024. Appendix I, II, and III as adopted by the Conference of the Parties, valid from 25 May 2024. Available online at the CITES website.

Colyn, M., Hulselmans, J., Sonet, G., Oudé, P., De Winter, J., Natta, A., Nagy, Z.T., and Verheyen, E. (2010). Discovery of a new duiker species (Bovidae: Cephalophinae) from the Dahomey Gap, West Africa. Zootaxa 2637: 1-30.

Georgewill, I., Akani, G.C., Luiselli, L., Petrozzi, F., Dendi, D., Ugbomeh, A.P., Fa, J.E. and Onuegbu, G.C. (2022). Determining the composition and structure of antelope communities in three study sites within the Niger Delta (Nigeria) based on bushmeat market data. Tropical Ecology 63(1): 145-150.

Grubb, P., and Groves, C.P. (2001). Revision and classification of the Cephalophinae. Pp. 703-728 in: Wilson, V.J. Duikers of Africa: Masters of the African forest floor. Zimbi Books, South Africa.

Happold, D.C.D. (1987). The Mammals of Nigeria. Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Isidore, D.B., Georges, N., Toussaint, L.O., and Brice, T. (2022). Diversity and variability of the diet of Walter duiker's (Philantomba walteri, Bovidae, Colyn, 2010) in the forests of Southern Benin. Scientific Reports in Life Sciences 3(3):29-47.

IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2016). Philantomba walteri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T88418111A88418148. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T88418111A88418148.en. Accessed on 16 September 2024.

Wilson, V.J. (2001). Duikers of Africa: Masters of the African forest floor. Zimbi Books, South Africa.

Additional Resources

Groves, C., and Grubb, P. (2011). Ungulate Taxonomy. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

*Isidore, D.B., Georges, N., Toussaint, L.O., and Brice, T. (2022). Poaching techniques of Walter's Duiker (Philantomba walteri) in the forests of southern Benin. Scientific Reports in Life Sciences 3(2):52-65.

Omonona, A.O., Ademola, I.O. and Ayansola, V.I. (2019). Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites of Walter’s duiker (Philantomba walteri) in Ondo State, Nigeria. African Journal of Biomedical Research 22(1): 73-78.

Petrozzi, F., Akani, G.C., Amadi, N., Eniang, E.A., Gippoliti, S. and Luiselli, L. (2015). Surveys of mammal communities in a system of five forest reserves suggest an ongoing biotic homogenization process for the Niger Delta (Nigeria). Tropical Zoology 28(3): 95-113.

Segniagbeto, G. H., Atsri, K. H., Assou, D., Koda, K. D., Amori, G., Decher, J., Dendi, D., and Luiselli, L. (2018). Diversity and conservation status of ungulates in the Mono Transboundary Biosphere Reserve, Togo (West Africa). Tropical Zoology 31(3): 118–130.

Soké G. (2015). Etude diagnostique du Centre Régional de Recherche et d’Education pour un Développement Intégré et cartographie de la répartition du Philantomba walteri (Bovidae, Colyn) dans la Vallée du Sitatunga. Mémoire de Licence Professionnelle en Sciences Agronomiques, (ENSTA /Kétou).

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