See also:

• DUIKER (diver), or DUIKERBOK

DUIKER (See also:

• DIVER

diver), or DUIKERBOK  , the Dutch name of a small S . See also:

• AFRICAN

African See also:

• ANTELOPE

antelope, scientifically known as Cephalophus grimmi; the popular name alluding to its See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit of diving into and threading its way through thick See also:

• BUSH

bush . Scientifically the name is extended to include all the members of the African genus Cephalophus, which, together with the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian chousingha, or four-horned antelope (Tetraceros), constitutes the subfamily Cephalophinae . Duikers are animals of small or See also:

• MEDIUM

medium See also:

• SIZE

size, usually frequenting thick See also:

• FOREST

forest . The horns, usually See also:

• PRESENT

present in both sexes, are small and straight, situated far back on the forehead; and between them rises the See also:

• CREST
• CREST (Lat. crista, a plume or tuft)

crest-like tuft of See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair from which the genus takes its scientific name . The See also:

• COMMON

common or true See also:

• DUIKER (diver), or DUIKERBOK

duiker (C. grimmi) is found in bush-See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country from the Cape to the See also:

• ZAMBEZI

Zambezi and Nyasaland, and ranges northward on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast to See also:

• ANGOLA

Angola . The banded duiker (C. doriae) from West See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa is See also:

• GOLDEN

golden See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown with See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black transverse bands on the back and loins . C. sylvicultor, of West Africa, is the largest See also:

• SPECIES

species, and approaches a donkey in size . (See ANTELOPE.) (R .