Cephalophus dorsalis 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 dorsalis Gray 1846
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Treatment

Cephalophus dorsalis Gray 1846 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 18: 165.

Type Locality: " Sierra Leone ".

Vernacular Names: Bay Duier.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Cephalophus dorsalis subsp. dorsalis Gray 1846

Subspecies Cephalophus dorsalis subsp. castaneus Thomas 1892

Distribution: Disjunct; in rainforest zone; W Africa in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo; C Africa in NE Angola, Cameroon, Dem. Rep. Congo, S Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea ( Mbini), Gabon, SE Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Uganda (one record; extinct).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Treated as two evolutionary species, C. dorsalis and C. castaneus by Cotterill (2003 b).