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First Photo in the Wild: one of the world’s most secretive mammals photographed in Togo

Discussion in 'Wildlife & Nature Conservation' started by twilighter, 3 Apr 2021.

  1. twilighter

    twilighter Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Excellent !
     
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    Great photos. The technological advances in camera traps are giving us views of wildlife that would be unthinkable two decades ago.
     
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    Absolutely! For the first time we can see how different this species actually are. It resembles the Maxwell's Duiker externaly, but the striking superciliary (over the eyebrow) line is much more distinctive. The drawing in the HMW2 was not perfectly accurate and Kingdon didn't include a drawing in the Mammals of Africa vol.6 or in the new edition of the Kingdon's field guide from 2015.
     
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    This news was already mentioned in another thread ( Camera Trap Footage ) , post 234 ).
     
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    twilighter Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Thank you for the correction @vogelcommando :) Seems like I didn't posted in the correct place, sorry. But it was posted yesterday morning, while post 234 is from yesterday evening.
     
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