| Walter's duiker | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Genus: | Philantomba |
| Species: | P. walteri
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| Binomial name | |
| Philantomba walteri Colyn, Hulselmans, Sonet, Oudé, de Winter, Natta, Nagy & Verheyen, 2010[2]
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Walter's duiker (Philantomba walteri) is a species of duiker found in Togo, Benin and Nigeria. It was described in 2010.[3] Its name commemorates Professor Walter Verheyen, who was the first to obtain a specimen of this species of duiker from Togo in 1968.[4]
- ^ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2016). "Philantomba walteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T88418111A88418148. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T88418111A88418148.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Colyn, M.; Hulselmans, J.; Sonet, G.; Oude, P.; de Winter, J.; Natta, A.; Nagy, Z. T.; Verheyen, E. K. (2010). "Discovery of a new duiker species (Bovidae: Cephalophinae) from the Dahomey Gap, West Africa" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2637: 1–30. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2637.1.1.
- ^ New species of antelope discovered in West Africa. WildlifeExtra.com. October 2011.
- ^ Duiker. Top 10 New Species of 2011. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.