Our figure of this species (Plate XVIII. fig. 2) was prepared by Mr. Smit, under Sir Victor Brooke’s directions, probably from specimens in the British Museum, but of this we have no certain evidence.
May, 1895.
28. PETERS’S DUIKER.
CEPHALOPHUS CALLIPYGUS, Pet.
Cephalophus callipygus, Pet. MB. Ak. Berl. 1876, p. 483, pls. iii. & iv. (animal and skull); Thos. P. Z. S. 1892, p. 422; Lyd. Horns and Hoofs, p. 211 (1893).
Vernacular Name:—Mbindi in Mpongwe language, Gaboon (Buchholz).
Size about that of C. dorsalis. General colour of body yellowish brown, becoming more rufous posteriorly. Forehead and crest rich rufous. Chin and throat white, rest of under surface yellowish grey. Back with a broad black dorsal band commencing behind the withers, broadening posteriorly, and involving the whole of the hams and backs of the hind legs down to the heels, and also the tail, with the exception of the extreme tip beneath, where the hairs are white-tipped. On the sides of the thighs, edging the black, the general body-colour becomes rich rufous.
Horns short, directed backwards, lying below the level of the nasal profile.
Dimensions:—♀. “Total length to tip of tail 46 inches, tail 8, ear 2·7.”
Skull (taken from figure, and therefore only approximate): basal length 6·4 inches, anterior edge of orbit to muzzle (more or less decreased by perspective) 3·8.
The description is compiled from Dr. Peters’s description and figure of this striking species, of which no specimen has come to England.