Bates's pygmy antelope

Bates's pygmy antelope (Nesotragus batesi), also known as the dwarf antelope, pygmy antelope or Bates' dwarf antelope, is a very small antelope living in the moist forest and brush of Central and West Africa. It is in the same genus as the suni.

Bates’s pygmy antelope
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Nesotragus
Species:
N. batesi
Binomial name
Nesotragus batesi
(De Winton, 1903)
range
Synonyms
  • Neotragus batesi
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