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Blue duiker (Philantomba monticola) skeleton on display at the Museum of OsteologyDuikers are split into two groups based on their habitat – forest and bush duikers. All forest species inhabit the rainforests of sub-Saharan Africa, while the only known bush duiker, grey common duiker occupies savannas.
The common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), also known as the gray duiker or bush duiker, is a small antelope and the only member of the genus Sylvicapra.This species is found everywhere in Africa south of the Sahara, excluding the Horn of Africa and the rainforests of the central and western parts of the continent.
Walter's duiker was first recognised as a new species in 2010 when specimens of this duiker were found on sale at a bushmeat market. The duikers have not been observed by researchers in the wild (until Spring of 2021, via video cameras), but are believed to come from the Dahomey Gap, an area of savannah which is a portion of the Guinean forest-savanna mosaic with a relatively dry climate, that ...
The yellow-backed duiker (Cephalophus silvicultor) is a shy, forest-dwelling antelope of the order Artiodactyla, from the family Bovidae.Yellow-backed duikers are the most widely-distributed of all duikers.
Red forest duikers reside in forest and dense bush habitats in both mountainous and coastal areas, where surface water is readily available. [ 2 ] This species can be found in southeastern Tanzania , Malawi , extreme northeastern Zambia , Mozambique , Eswatini , southeastern Zimbabwe , and northeast South Africa . [ 3 ]
The blue duiker (Philantomba monticola) is a small antelope found in central, southern and eastern Africa.It is the smallest species of duiker.The species was first described by Swedish naturalist Carl Peter Thunberg in 1789. 12 subspecies are identified.
It feeds on the large fruits of Irvingia species (wild mango), Detarium macrocarpum and the spherical fruits of Mammea africana. Other fruits the duiker may eat are those of Ricinodendron heudelotii and oil-palms , the orange ones of Chrysophyllum beguei , the olive-like ones of Pseudospondias longifolia , the green plums of Panda oleosa and ...
Abbott's duiker is endemic to Tanzania, in the Eastern Arc Mountains, Mount Kilimanjaro, and Southern Highlands in scattered populations. They live mainly in wet forests and swamps between 1,700 and 2,700 m above sea level, but can sometimes wander to much higher elevations at 4,000 m.