Philantomba maxwellii (C. H. Smith 1827)

[Antilope] maxwellii C. H. Smith 1827, in: Griffith et al., Animal Kingdom, Vol. 4: 267.

Type Locality: " Sierra Leone ".

Vernacular Names: Maxwell's Duiker.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Philantomba maxwellii subsp. maxwellii C. H. Smith 1827

Subspecies Philantomba maxwellii subsp. danei Hinton 1920

Distribution: Forested habitats in Benin, S Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria west of Cross River, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as Cephalophus maxwellii .

Discussion: Included in P. monticola by Haltenorth and Diller (1977:43). Reviewed by Ralls (1973, Mammalian Species, 31).