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--> ORDER ARTIODACTYLA
--> FAMILY Bovidae
--> SUBFAMILY Cephalophinae
--> GENUS Cephalophus
SPECIES Cephalophus dorsalis
| Author: | Gray, 1846. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 18: 165. | | Common Name: | Bay Duier | | Type Locality: | "Sierra Leone". | | Distribution: | Disjunct; in rainforest zone; W Africa in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo; C Africa in NE Angola, Cameroon, Dem. Rep. Congo, S Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea (Mbini), Gabon, SE Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Uganda (one record; extinct). | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | Treated as two evolutionary species, C. dorsalis and C. castaneus by Cotterill (2003b). |
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