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CKEPHALOPHUS CALLIPYGUS, Pet. 
Cephalophus callipygus, Pet. MB. Ak. Berl. 1876, p. 483, pls. 11. & iv. (animal and 
skull) ; Thos. P. Z. S. 1892, p. 422; Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, p. 211 (1893). 
Vernacutar Name :—Mbdindi in Mpongwe language, Gaboon (Buchholz). 
Size about that of C. dorsalis. General colour of body yellowish brown, 
becoming more rufous posteriorly. Forehead and crest rich rufous. Chin 
and throat white, rest of under surface yellowish grey. Back with a broad 
black dorsal band commencing behind the withers, broadening posteriorly, 
and involving the whole of the hams and backs of the hind legs down to the 
heels, and also the tail, with the exception of the extreme tip beneath, where 
the hairs are white-tipped. On the sides of the thighs, edging the black, 
the general body-colour becomes rich rufous. 
Horns short, directed backwards, lying below the level of the nasal 
profile. 
Dimensions :— 2. “ Total length to tip of tail 46 inches, tail 8, ear 2:7.” 
Skull (taken from figure, and therefore only approximate): basal length 
64 inches, anterior edge of orbit to muzzle (more or less decreased by 
perspective) 3°8. 
The description is compiled from Dr. Peters’s description and figure of this 
striking species, of which no specimen has come to England. 
Hab. Gaboon. 
The present Duiker, although evidently belonging to the same group as 
the preceding species, and probably most nearly allied to C. dorsalis, is 
separated by prominent well-marked characters, combining a brownish body 
