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Ogilby's duiker

Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Cephalophinae
Species : Cephalophus ogilbyi

 

The Ogilby's duiker is listed as Near Threatened (Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, or LR/nt), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Ogilby's duiker

The only Nigerian forest antelope on the 1994 IUCN Red List, Ogilby's Duiker is found in some of the remaining lowland rainforests (NDWC, 1995, 8). (Full text)

Ogilby's duiker is sometimes classified as a subspecies of bay duiker. (Full text)

Cephalophus ogilbyi is included in the subgenus Cephalophorus [Gray, 1842] (Nowak, 1991). (Full text)

Distribution Ogilby's duiker is patchily distributed within its range (Kingdon, 1997). (Full text)