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Three species of coccidia found in forest duikers (Cephalophus) in the forest of Ituri (Zaire) are described. They do not appear to be identical with any of the coccidia already described in African ruminants and seem to represent new species for which the following names are proposed: Eimcria cephalophi (found in C. monticola), E. iturina (found in C. monticola), and E. turnbulli (found in C. dorsalis, C. monticola and C. nigrifrons). In addition this would be the first report of coccidia in the genus Cephalophus.

Four species of coccidia are described which were found in Kobus defassa Ruppel, in the National Park Albert (Zaire). These coccidia appear to be different from any of the coccidia so far described in African ruminants and seem to represent new species. For three of these the authors propose the names Eimeria kobi, E. congolensis and E. katangensis. The fourth species is reported as Eimeria sp. because it was not possible to appreciate the morphology of the sporocysts completely.