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Jentink's duiker in Sierra Leone: evidence from the Freetown Peninsula

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2009

Glyn Davies  and
Bastian Birkenhäger
Glyn Davies
Affiliation:
Gola Project, c/o Conservation Society, P.O. Box 1292, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Bastian Birkenhäger
Affiliation:
c/o P. J. Jongman, Schepenstraat, 28A, 3039 NH Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Abstract

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Jentink's duiker, Africa's rarest duiker, was reported to be common in Sierra Leone at the turn of the century, but subsequent investigations failed to find evidence of the animal's presence. In 1988, as part of a faunal survey organized by the Conservation Society of Sierra Leone, the authors discovered that the duiker definitely occurred there and that some had been recently killed. Although this finding extends the known range of the species, the duiker is rare and remains poorly known. There were recommendations to protect the forests of the Freetown Peninsula even before the presence of the duiker was confirmed and these are now reinforced.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , July 1990 , pp. 143 - 146
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1990

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