Cephalophus callipygus Peters 1876

Cephalophus callipygus Peters 1876, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876: 483.

Type Locality: "Africa occidentalis (Gabun)" (Gabon, Gabon River).

Vernacular Names: Peters' Duiker.

Distribution: West of Congo and Ubangi Rivers in S Cameroon, S Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, and Gabon.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Thought possibly to be conspecific with natalensis and/or adersi (Ansell 1972:33) but callipygus is not closely related to natalensis (Groves and Grubb, 1974) .