Cephalophus niger Gray 1846

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 713

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scientific name	Cephalophus niger Gray 1846
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Cephalophus niger Gray 1846 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 18: 165.

Type Locality: " Guinea " but apparently Ghana, Shama (see comments).

Vernacular Names: Black Duiker.

Distribution: Rainforest zone, in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria (west of lower Niger River), Sierra Leone, and Togo. No record from Benin.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: The type of niger came from the Leiden Museum, one of a series from Chama (= Shama) and Dabocrom, Ghana, including the syntypes of pluto. Only the specimens from Dabocrom were retained in Leiden ( Jentink, 1892) so presumably the type is from Shama.