Black duiker
| Black duiker | |
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| Cephalophus niger | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Genus: | Cephalophus |
| Species: | C. niger
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| Binomial name | |
| Cephalophus niger Gray, 1846
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| Distribution of Black duiker | |
The black duiker (Cephalophus niger), also known as tuba in
.Black duikers stand around 500 mm (20 in) tall at the shoulder and weigh 15 to 20 kg (33 to 44 lb). They have, not surprisingly, black coats. The head is a rust colour with a large red crest between the ears. Black duikers have long, thin horns of 80 to 170 mm (3.1 to 6.7 in), but the horns of females reach only 30 mm (1.2 in).
Black duikers live mainly in lowland
The mating season of the black duikers is year round, but more offspring are born from November to January. The gestation period lasts 126 days, and is thus comparably short, usually only one young is born. Its average weight is 1.94 kg; it is weaned around 90 days of age. The birth interval is seven and a half months. In captivity, the black duiker lives up to 14 years.[2]
An estimated 100,000 black duikers are left in the world;[1] they are threatened by hunting and are considered to be in decline across their range.
References
- ^ . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ISBN 978 3405 11392 6Jonathan Kingdon: The Kingdon Pocket Guide to Afrikan Mammals. A&C Black Publishers Ltd., London, 2004,ISBN 978 0 7136 6981 7
C. P. Groves & D. M. Leslie, Jr.: Family Bovidae (Hollow-horned Ruminants). In: D. E. Wilson und R. A. Mittermeier (Hrsg.): Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 2: Hooved Mammals. Lynx Edicions, 2011 (S. 764–765)
External links
- Black duiker (Cephalophus niger) at ultimateungulate