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Cephalophus spadix True, 1890

Order: Artiodactyla > Family: Bovidae > Genus: Cephalophus > Species: Cephalophus spadix True, 1890

Common Name: Abbott's Duiker [English]

Type Description

Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 13:227.

Type Locality

High altitudes on Mt. Kilima-njaro, frequenting the highest points' (Tanzania, Mt. Kilimanjaro; at 2400 m according to Grimshaw et al., 1995).

Measurements

Head and body: 970-1400 mm
Tail length: 130 mm
Ear length: 100 mm
Weight: 52-60 kg

Description

These small antelope are common forest inhabitants.

Key References

1. Kingdon, J. 1989. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Large Mammals). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 3C:306-307.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 378-379.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2:1135, 1164-1165.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.