Raphicerus
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| Raphicerus | |
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| Female Steenbok, Namibia | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
| Tribe: | Neotragini |
| Genus: | Raphicerus H. Smith, 1827 |
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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:
- Cape or southern grysbok R. melanotis
- Sharpe's or northern grysbok R. sharpei
- Steenbok R. campestris
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