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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Discovery of a new duiker species (Bovidae: Cephalophinae) from the Dahomey Gap, West Africa
Zootaxa, No. 2637, Year 2010
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Description
Among the two most widely distributed duiker species, Philantomba monticola (Thunberg, 1789) and Philantomba maxwelli (C.H. Smith, 1827), the latter shows geographic variation in pelage color and body size. This issue was not investigated in detail so far, especially in the eastern region of its distribution area, notably due to the lack of material from the Dahomey Gap. We undertook a species-level revision of Philantomba in West Africa, notably including a series of specimens collected in Togo, Benin and Nigeria. Using morphological measurements (craniometry) and genetic data (two mitochondrial and three nuclear markers), we describe a new duiker species occurring in the Dahomey Gap (Togo, Benin) and the Niger delta, Philantomba walteri sp. nov. This discovery highlights the importance of the Dahomey Gap for the evolutionary history of the West African forest faunas. It also has conservation implications given that the new species is one of the main targets of the local bushmeat trade.Copyright © 2010 Magnolia Press.
Authors & Co-Authors
Colyn, Marc M.
France, Rennes
Écosystèmes, Biodiversité, Évolution
Hulselmans, Jan
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
Sonet, Gontran
Belgium, Brussels
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut Voor Natuurwetenschappen
Oudé, Pascal
Benin, Cotonou
Direction Projet D'aménagement Des Massifs Forestiers (pamf)
De Winter, Jan
Germany, Feldkirchen
Dfs Deutsche Forstservice Gmbh
Natta, Armand K.
Benin, Parakou
Université de Parakou
Nagy, Zoltán T.
Belgium, Brussels
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut Voor Natuurwetenschappen
Verheyen, Erik
Belgium, Antwerpen
Universiteit Antwerpen
Belgium, Brussels
Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut Voor Natuurwetenschappen
Germany, Feldkirchen
Dfs Deutsche Forstservice Gmbh
Statistics
Citations: 44
Authors: 8
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.11646/zootaxa.2637.1.1
ISSN:
11755326
e-ISSN:
11755334
Research Areas
Cancer
Genetics And Genomics
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Benin
Niger
Nigeria
Togo