Cephalophus nigrifrons Gray, 1871 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1871:598.

TYPE LOCALITY: Gabon .

DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon to Zaire, Rwanda and W Uganda, south to N Angola; Mt. Elgon (Uganda / Kenya); Aberdare Range and Mt. Kenya (Kenya).

SYNONYMS: apanbanga, aureus, Claudi, emini, fosteri, hooki, kivuensis, lusumbi, mixtus.