Ogilby's Duiker is a small antelope

Antelope

Antelope is a term referring to many even-toed ungulate species indigenous to various regions in Africa and Eurasia. Antelopes comprise a miscellaneous group within the family Bovidae, encompassing those old-world species that are neither cattle, sheep, buffalo, bison, nor goats...

 found in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

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, Liberia

Liberia

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, Ghana

Ghana

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, southeastern Nigeria

Nigeria

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, Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

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's Bioko Island, and, possibly, Gabon

Gabon

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. Two subspecies are recognized:

• Ogilby's duiker Cephalophus ogilbyi ogilbyi
• White-legged Duiker Cephalophus ogilbyi crusalbum

The third subspecies, Cephalophus ogilbyi brookei, is now considered to be a distinct species, Brooke's Duiker

Brooke's Duiker

Brooke's Duiker , is a species of antelope. It is distributed throughout Liberia, Sierra Leone and Côte d'Ivoire....

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Ogilby's Duikers weigh up to 20 kilograms and have a shoulder height of up to 56 centimeters. They vary in color from chestnut to mahogany to a deep brown, and have massive hindquarters typical of duikers.

Ogilby's Duikers live mainly in high altitude rainforest where they feed mainly on fallen fruit

Fruit

In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,...

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The total population is estimated at 30,000 individuals, with 12,000 C. o. ogilbyi and 18,000 C. o. crusalbum.

External links

• ultimateungulate.com - http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Cephalophus_ogilbyi.html