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The Mountain Reedbuck occurs in three separate populations in East and southern Africa, and in a restricted area of eastern Nigeria and north-central Cameroon (East 1999; Avenant in press).
The Southern Mountain Reedbuck (R. f. fulvorufula) occurs in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, and Mozambique (Lubombo Mtns only).
Chanler's Mountain Reedbuck (R. f. chanleri) occurs in south-eastern Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, and northern Tanzania.
The Western Mountain Reedbuck (R. f. adamauae) has been reduced to a small, declining remnant subpopulation in Nigeria in the Gashaka-Gumpti N.P. and the Gotel Mtns. adjoining the park’s southern boundary, and in Cameroon in the Adamaoua Mtns. and the hunting zones below, as well as in the hunting zones between Benoue and Bouba Ndjida N.P. (East 1999; Nicholas 2004; Avenant in press).
The Southern Mountain Reedbuck (R. f. fulvorufula) occurs in South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, and Mozambique (Lubombo Mtns only).
Chanler's Mountain Reedbuck (R. f. chanleri) occurs in south-eastern Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, and northern Tanzania.
The Western Mountain Reedbuck (R. f. adamauae) has been reduced to a small, declining remnant subpopulation in Nigeria in the Gashaka-Gumpti N.P. and the Gotel Mtns. adjoining the park’s southern boundary, and in Cameroon in the Adamaoua Mtns. and the hunting zones below, as well as in the hunting zones between Benoue and Bouba Ndjida N.P. (East 1999; Nicholas 2004; Avenant in press).
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