Liberia *- 



There are three duikers (Cephalophus abysstnicus, C. coronatus^ 

 and C. yimm'i} with long slender heads, long legs, and more 



lie-like build, remarkable also (as compared with the rest of 

 the genus) for their light bay or ochreish grey coloration. 

 But the rest of the duikers are as a rule more pig-like in 

 build, often resembling very much in shape of head and 

 body the water chevrotain. The nose and muffle are always 

 naked and moist. The somewhat prominent and mobile nostrils 

 in many of the duikers give the rather large head a pig-like 

 aspect. On either side of the nose ridge is the anti-orbital 

 frland, which opens into a long naked slit, very characteristic 

 of the duikers. The horns, which are generally present in 

 the females as well as the males in all the West African duikers 

 of the forest region, are directed backwards in a line with the 

 profile of the skull, and do not rise erect and more or less at 

 right angles as is the case with the East African duikers. 

 The first half or two-thirds of the short horns is more or less 

 corrugated, with those annular markings characteristic of the 

 true antelopes, goats, sheep, and capricorns. But in several 

 forms of duiker the horns tend to be somewhat triangular in 

 their lower half, with a tendency to form a slight ridge along 

 the upper surface. 



In most of the species there is a crest or tuft of long hair 

 between the bases of the horns. All the duikers have four 

 mamma-, and tails which are in some cases fairly long, never 

 reduced to a mere stump or tuft. The side hoofs of the lateral 

 toes are always present, though in the smaller duikers they are 

 pressed so closely against the bones of the two central toes as 

 to be scarcely discernible in the delicate feet. 



It is stated that in one or more instances traces of 

 upper canine teeth, not piercing the gum, have been found 



1 C. coronatus is possibly found in Northern Liberia. 

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