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--> GENUS Cephalophus
SPECIES Cephalophus silvicultor
| Author: | Afzelius, 1815. | | Citation: | Nova Acta Reg. Soc. Sci. Upsala, 7: 265, pl. 8, fig. l. | | Common Name: | Yellow-backed Duiker | | Type Locality: | "Habitat in montibus Sierrae Leone & regionibus susuensium fluvios Pongas & Quia adjacentibus frequens"; since restricted to Sierra Leone, vicinity of Freetown (Grubb et al., 1998). | | Distribution: | Dense vegetation in N Angola, Benin, S Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, S Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Dem. Rep. Congo, Equatorial Guinea (Mbini), Gabon, Gambia (former occurrence doubtful), Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bisssau, W Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda (extinct?), S Senegal , Sierra Leone, SW Sudan, Togo, W Uganda, and Zambia. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | Reviewed by Lumpkin and Kranz (1984, Mammalian Species, 225, as Cephalophus sylvicultor, an incorrect subsequent spelling). |
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