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AFRICAN GAME ANIMALS 
Nile Lakes and Tana River on the east. The blue duikers 
may be distinguished from all other members of the genus 
by their small size and dark brownish or grayish coloration. 
In size they are among the smallest members of the Bovidce, 
rivalling the pygmy and the royal antelopes for diminutive 
body size. Their horns are the shortest found in the genus 
Cephalophus , being only one-third the length of the head. 
They extend backward and curve inward at the tips and 
are heavily ringed, the latter character giving them a 
close resemblance to those of the pygmy antelope. The 
false hoofs are greatly reduced and relatively much smaller 
than in the red duikers. The sexes are alike in color and 
size, but the female is usually without horns in the East 
African races. Like the red duikers, they are confined to 
dense forest growth, where they are either paired or lead a 
solitary life. They travel about through the forest on 
definite narrow paths of their own construction and browse 
upon the leaves and twigs of various shrubs. In movement 
they are extremely quick and avoid their enemies by the 
rapidity of their pace as well as by their wariness and shy¬ 
ness. The recognizable races number about twelve, three 
of which occur in East Africa. 
Key to the Races of monticola 
Legs fuscous-brown, like the body 
Under-parts dark-colored, like the sides of the body; body size 
smaller cequatorialis 
Under-parts light grayish, contrasting conspicuously with the 
dark sides; body size larger musculoides 
Legs vinaceous-cinnamon, decidedly lighter than the brown body 
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Uganda Blue Duiker 
Cephalophus monticola cequatorialis 
Native Name: Luganda, entalaganya. 
Cephalophus cequatorialis Matschie, 1892, Sitz.-Ber. Ges. Nat. Freu. Berk, 
p. 112. 
Range. —Forests of Uganda from Mount Elgon west¬ 
ward to Ruwenzori and from the Victoria Nile southward 
to Karagwe and the Edward Nyanza. 
