Ogilby's duiker  (Cephalophus ogilbyi)

Ogilby's duiker

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Artiodactyla
Family Bovidae
Genus Cephalophus (1)

Status

Classified as Lower Risk / Near Threatened (LR/nt) on the IUCN Red List 2007 (1) and listed on Appendix II of CITES (2). Subspecies: Cephalophus ogilbyi crusalbum (white-legged duiker) classified as Lower Risk / Near Threatened (LR/nt) on the IUCN Red List 2007 (1).

Description

Information on Ogilby's duiker is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly.

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Glossary

Subspecies: A population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (April, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org/
  2. CITES (April, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org