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Natal duiker

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

 

The Natal duiker, natal red duiker, red forest duiker is listed as Conservation Dependent (LR/cd), the focus of a continuing taxon-specific or habitat-specific conservation programme targeted towards the taxon in question, the cessation of which would result in the taxon qualifying for one of the threatened categories below within a period of five years, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the Natal duiker

In spite of intensive hunting and trapping over most of its range, the Natal duiker is still widespread and common. (Full text)