Walter's Duiker

Walter's duiker, Philantomba walteri, is a species of duiker found in Togo, Benin and Nigeria. It was described in 2010 after specimens in museum collections were compared with those from bushmeat markets. Its name commemorates Professor Walter Verheyen, who was the first to obtain a specimen from Togo in 1968. It measures under 40 centimetres at the shoulder and weighs 4 to 6 kilograms. It is a small antelope with a slightly raised back, short legs, a small head, short rounded ears, a long tail and a distinctive stripe above the eye. It is intermediate in size between Maxwell's duiker and the blue duiker but clearly different from both in morphology, cranial structure and DNA.