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Jentink's Duiker

Cephalophus jentinki

Classification

Family
Bovidae

Jentink's duiker (Cephalophus jentinki), also known as gidi-gidi in Krio and kaikulowulei in Mende, is a forest-dwelling duiker found in the southern parts of Liberia, southwestern Côte d'Ivoire, and scattered enclaves in Sierra Leone. It is named in honor of Fredericus Anna Jentink. Jentink's duikers stand around 80 cm (31 in) tall at the shoulder and weigh about 70 kg (150 lb), making them the largest species of the duikers.

Distribution

(c) Klaus Rudloff ([email protected]), The photographer gave me permission to upload the photos, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA
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