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Cephalophus leucogaster
White-bellied duiker
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Literature Cited

Dubost, G. 1984. Comparison of the diets of frugivorous forest mammals of Gabon. Journal of Mammalogy 65(2): 298-316.

East, R. [compiler]. 1999. African Antelope Database 1998. IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN.

Grubb, P. 1978. A new antelope from Gabon. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 62: 373-380.

Grubb, P., and Groves, C.P. 2001. Revision and classification of the Cephalophinae. Pp. 703–728 in: Wilson, V.J. Duikers of Africa: Masters of the African forest floor. Zimbi Books, South Africa.

Hart, J.A. 1985. Comparative dietary ecology of a community of frugivorous forest ungulates in Zaire. PhD Dissertation, Michigan State University.

Hart, J. 2000. Impact and sustainability of indigenous hunting in the Ituri Forest, Congo-Zaire: a comparison of unhunted and hunted duiker populations. Pp. 106-156 in Robinson, J.G. and Bennett, E.L. (eds.). Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Forests. Columbia University Press, New York.

Hart, J.A. 2001. Diversity and abundance in and African forest ungulate community and implications for conservation. Pp. 183-206 in Weber, W., White, L.J.T., Vedder, A., and Naughten-Treves, L. (eds). African Rain Forest Ecology and Conservation: An interdisciplinary perspective. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.

Heymans, J., and Lejoly, J. 1981. Sur la répartition des Cephalophinae en foret ombrophile. Revue de Zoologie Africaine 95: 1-10.

IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group. 2016. Cephalophus leucogaster. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T4141A50182823. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T4141A50182823.en. Downloaded on 06 June 2017.

Kingdon, J. 1982. East African Mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. London: Academic Press.

Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals. London and New York: Academic Press, Natural World.

Lydekker, R. 1914. Catalogue of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History). Johnson Reprint Corporation, New York.

Molloy, L., and J. A. Hart. 2002. Duiker food selection: Palatability trials using natural foods in the Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo. Zoo Biology 21(2): 149-159.

Walther, F.R. 1990. Duikers and Dwarf Antelopes. Pp. 325-343 in Parker, S.P. (ed) Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals, Volume 5. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Wilson, V. J. [compiler] 1987. Action plan for duiker conservation. IUCN/SSC Antelope Specialist Group and Chipangali Wildlife Trust.

Wilson, V.J. 2001. Duikers of Africa: Masters of the African forest floor. Zimbi Books, South Africa.

Additional Resources

Feiler, A. 1990. Distribution of mammals in Angola and notes on biogeography. Pp. 221-236 in Peters, G., and Hutter, R. Vertebrates in the Tropics. Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn.

*Gautier-Hion, A., Emmons, L.H., and Dubost, G. 1980. A comparison of the diets of three major groups of primary consumers of Gabon (primates, squirrels and ruminants). Oecologia 45: 182-189.

Haltenorth, T., and Diller, H. 1980. A Field Guide to the Mammals of Africa, including Madagascar. London: Collins.

Hart, J. 2000. Impact and sustainability of indigenous hunting in the Ituri Forest, Congo-Zaire: a comparison of unhunted and hunted duiker populations. In: J. G. Robinson and E. L. Bennett (eds), Hunting for Sustainability in Tropical Forests, pp. 106-153. Columbia University Press, New York.

*Heymans, J.C. 1975. Contribution a la determination des Cephalophines (Bovides) de la Region du Haut-Zaire. Naturalistes Belges 56(9): 329-336.

*Karesh, W.B., Hart, J.A., Hart, T.B., House, C., Torres, A., Dierenfeld, E.S., Braselton, W.E., Puche, H., and Cook, R.A. 1995. Health evaluation of five sympatric duiker species (Cephalophus spp.). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 26(4): 485-502.

Rahm, U., and Christiaensen, A. 1966. Les mammiferès de l'Ile Idjwi (Lac Kivu, Congo). Les mammifères de la foret equatoriale de l'est du Congo. Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Cent. n° 149.

*Thomas, O. 1892. On the antelopes of the genus Cephalophus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 413-430.

*van Vuuren, B. J., and Robinson, T.J. 2001. Retrieval of four adaptive lineages in duiker antelope: Evidence from mitochondrial DNA sequences and fluorescence in situ hybridization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20(3): 409-425.

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