DUIKER (

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• DIVER

diver), or DUIKERBOK  , the Dutch name of a small S . African antelope, scientifically known as Cephalophus grimmi; the popular name alluding to its habit of diving into and threading its way through thick bush . Scientifically the name is extended to include all the members of the African genus Cephalophus, which, together with the Indian chousingha, or four-horned antelope (Tetraceros), constitutes the subfamily Cephalophinae . Duikers are animals of small or medium size, usually frequenting thick forest . The horns, usually present in both sexes, are small and straight, situated far back on the forehead; and between them rises the crest-like tuft of hair from which the genus takes its scientific name . The common or true duiker (C. grimmi) is found in bush-country from the Cape to the Zambezi and Nyasaland, and ranges northward on the west coast to Angola . The banded duiker (C. doriae) from West Africa is golden brown with black transverse bands on the back and loins . C. sylvicultor, of West Africa, is the largest species, and approaches a donkey in size . (See ANTELOPE.) (R .