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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
Its preferred habitat is primary moist lowland forest, yet it is common in forest patches within the forest-savanna mosaic. It has been recorded in areas with a mix of high forest and logged forest, or high forest and secondary forest (but seems to be very rare in highly modified secondary forest). On Bioko, the species is also present in montane forest (to elevations exceeding 2,000 m) and in the higher altitude Schefflera forest zone, habitats which are normally occupied by other duiker species on the mainland (East 1999).
Range:
Ogilby’s Duiker has a disjunct distribution in four areas of the equatorial forest zone in West and Central Africa (East 1999; Wilson 2001, Kingdon 2013): Brooke's Duiker C. o. brookei is endemic to the Upper Guinea Forest of West Africa, from Sierra Leone to south-east Côte d’Ivoire, and south-west Ghana; the nominate subspecies occurs on Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea) and in south-east Nigeria and south-west Cameroon; the White-legged Duiker C. o. crusalbum occurs in Gabon, mostly south of the Ogooué River, and extreme north-west Republic of Congo.
Conservation:
Brooke's Duiker is now known to exist in reasonable numbers in only a few areas, such as Sapo National Park and some other forests in eastern Liberia and Taï National Park in south-western Côte d'Ivoire. It has disappeared from the Bomfobiri and Owabi wildlife sanctuaries where it formerly occurredm but was seen in Kakum NP by Wilson (2001).
The mainland population of the nominate subspecies has only a few remaining strongholds, e.g., Korup National Park (Cameroon) and Cross River N.P. (Nigeria); it has also been recorded from several forest reserves (Forboseh et al. 2007). It remains relatively numerous on Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea). The effective protection of the Gran Caldera de Luba Scientific Reserve is crucial to the survival of this species on Bioko Island.
The distinctive White-legged Duiker is now known to be relatively widespread and numerous in Gabon, including protected areas such as Lope and the Gamba complex, and Odzala N. P. (Congo).
Listed on CITES Appendix II.
The mainland population of the nominate subspecies has only a few remaining strongholds, e.g., Korup National Park (Cameroon) and Cross River N.P. (Nigeria); it has also been recorded from several forest reserves (Forboseh et al. 2007). It remains relatively numerous on Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea). The effective protection of the Gran Caldera de Luba Scientific Reserve is crucial to the survival of this species on Bioko Island.
The distinctive White-legged Duiker is now known to be relatively widespread and numerous in Gabon, including protected areas such as Lope and the Gamba complex, and Odzala N. P. (Congo).
Listed on CITES Appendix II.