The Duikers 



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donkey to a hare, are recognised. These may be arranged in two main 

 groups, as follows : — 



A. Bush-duikers, with the horns, which are generally present in the 

 females, pointed, directed backwards parallel to or in continuation with the 

 plane of the nose, the ears rounded, and short or moderate, and the general 

 colour varying from fulvous red, or gray, to black, frequently with dark 

 stripes or other marks. 



i. Yellow-backed Du 



ker {Cephalophus sylvicultor). 



2 Jentinlc's 



, ( „ jentinki). 



3. Abbott's 



! ( i, spadix). 



4. Natal 



( ,, natalensis). 



5. Harvey's 



( ,, harveyf). 



6. Black-fronted 



, ( „ nigrifrons). 



7. White-bellied 



( „ kucogaster). 



8. Bay 



( ,, dorsalis). 



9. Ogilby's 



, ( ., ogilbyi). 



10. Peters's 



, ( 11 callipygus). 



11. Red-flanked 



, ( „ rufilatus). 



12. Banded 



, ( „ dorits). 



13. Black 



, ( „ niger). 



14. Heck's 



, ( „ hecki). 



15. Maxwell's 



( ,, maxivelli). 



16. Black-rumped 



( ,, melanorrheus) 



17. Uganda 



, ( „ equatorial, is). 



18. Blue 



( „ monticola). 



19. Nyasa 



( „ lugens). 



B. True duikers, with the horns, which are generally wanting in the 

 females, forming an angle with the profile of the nose, or lying in the 

 same plane as the latter, the ears long and pointed, and the general colour 

 yellow or grayish without darker markings, save a patch on the nose. 



20. Crowned Duiker (Cephalophus coronatus). 



21. Abyssinian „ ( „ abyssinicus). 



22. Common „ ( „ grimmi). 



