Pictures and facts about the Jentink's duiker

Pictures of the Jentink's duiker are copyrighted by their owners

Jentink's duiker

Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Cephalophinae
Species : Cephalophus jentinki

 

The Jentink's duiker is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Jentink's duiker

In the wild, Jentink's duikers are found in the dense, thick forest in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

The Jentink's Duiker is a [CITIES-listed Endangered Species]

The Jentink's duiker is considered the world's rarest antelope.

The Jentink’s Duiker is one of the largest and most distinct species of all the Duikers.

Early Development: A young Jentink's duiker is weaned by 5 months. (Full text)

Jentink's duiker is a small forest antelope that weighs up to 70 kg (150 lb). (Full text)

Ecology and Behavior Cephalophus jentinki is a poorly studied species, due in part to the (Full text)

jentinki are not known, wild Jentink's duikers are known to visit the sea shore - where their tracks are seen on the beach - to lick salt from the sand (Wilson and Wilson, 1990; Kingdon, 1997). (Full text)