The white-bellied duiker (Cephalophus leucogaster) is a duiker found in central Africa. Little is known on the ecology of the species, and only some information on habitat and diet is available.
White-bellied duiker | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Genus: | Cephalophus |
Species: | C. leucogaster
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Binomial name | |
Cephalophus leucogaster Gray, 1873
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Distribution of white-bellied duiker |
Duikers are fairly small species of antelope that originate from, and still reside in, sub-Saharan Africa.
The white-bellied duiker ranges in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon,[2] while it is likely to have been extirpated in Uganda.[3]
References
edit- ^ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2016). "Cephalophus leucogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4141A50182823. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T4141A50182823.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ (Wilson & Reeder, 1993)
- ^ (East, 1996)