Cephalophus dorsalis Gray, 1846 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 18:165.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sierra Leone .

DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Leone to Togo; SE Nigeria to Central African Republic and Zaire, south to N Angola .

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: arrhenii, badius, breviceps, castaneus, kuha, leucochilus, orientalis .