Ogilby's duiker, Cephalophorus ogilbyi, is a small antelope found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, southeastern Nigeria, Bioko Island and possibly Gabon. It is named after the Irish zoologist William Ogilby. The white-legged duiker is currently regarded as a subspecies, while the former subspecies Brooke's duiker is now considered a distinct species. Ogilby's duiker weighs up to 20 kilograms and has a shoulder height of up to 56 centimetres. It varies in colour from chestnut to mahogany to deep brown and has the massive hindquarters typical of duikers. It lives mainly in high-altitude rainforests, where it feeds mainly on fallen fruit.
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Ogilby's duiker (Cephalophorus ogilbyi) is a small antelope found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, southeastern Nigeria, Bioko Island and possibly Gabon.
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Ogilby's duiker (Cephalophorus ogilbyi) is a small antelope found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, southeastern Nigeria, Bioko Island and possibly Gabon.
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Ogilby's duiker (Cephalophorus ogilbyi) is a small antelope found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, southeastern Nigeria, Bioko Island and possibly Gabon.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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Ogilby's duiker (Cephalophorus ogilbyi) is a small antelope found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, southeastern Nigeria, Bioko Island and possibly Gabon.
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Ogilby's duiker (Cephalophorus ogilbyi) is a small antelope found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, southeastern Nigeria, Bioko Island and possibly Gabon.
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Ogilby's duiker (Cephalophorus ogilbyi) is a small antelope found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, southeastern Nigeria, Bioko Island and possibly Gabon.
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Ogilby's duiker lives mainly in high-altitude rainforests, where it feeds mainly on fallen fruit.
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The bovids (Bovidae) are the most species-rich family.
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Bovidae is the biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes cattle, bison, buffalo, antelopes, and goat-antelopes such as sheep and goats.
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