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SPECIES Cephalophus callipygus
Author: | Peters, 1876. | Citation: | Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876: 483. | Common Name: | Peters' Duiker | Type Locality: | "Africa occidentalis (Gabun)" (Gabon, Gabon River). | Distribution: | West of Congo and Ubangi Rivers in S Cameroon, S Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, and Gabon. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Thought possibly to be conspecific with natalensis and/or adersi (Ansell 1972:33) but callipygus is not closely related to natalensis (Groves and Grubb, 1974). |
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