Raphicerus | |
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Female steenbok | |
Scientific classification | |
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 | |
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: [2]
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