The book of antelopes, vol. 1 (of 4)Sclater, Philip Lutley
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The book of antelopes, vol. 1 (of 4)
Sclater, Philip Lutley
Antelopes
In the Cameroons the present species has been met with by the German
collectors Preuss and Morgan, as recorded by Herr Matschie, and in
Togoland, on the same authority, by Kling and Büttner. Thus there can
be little doubt that Ogilby’s Duiker ranges along the woody littoral of
Western Africa from Liberia to the Cameroons.
Ogilby’s Duiker having been figured by Waterhouse Hawkins in the
‘Knowsley Menagerie’ it is probable that one or more living specimens
of it were exhibited in that splendid collection, but we can find
no record of examples of it ever having been received alive by the
Zoological Society of London.
Our figure of this species (Plate XVIII. fig. 2) was prepared by Mr.
Smit, under Sir Victor Brooke’s directions, probably from specimens in
the British Museum, but of this we have no certain evidence.
_May, 1895._
28. PETERS’S DUIKER.
CEPHALOPHUS CALLIPYGUS, PET.
_Cephalophus callipygus_, =Pet.= MB. Ak. Berl. 1876, p. 483,
pls. iii. & iv. (animal and skull); =Thos.= P. Z. S. 1892, p.
422; =Lyd.= Horns and Hoofs, p. 211 (1893).
VERNACULAR NAME:--_Mbindi_ 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:--♀. “Total length to tip of tail 46 inches, tail 8, ear
2·7.”
Skull (taken from figure, and therefore only approximate): basal length
6·4 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 and dark dorsal stripe with bright rufous
markings on the forehead and haunches, which render it easily
distinguishable.
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