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Red-flanked duiker
Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Cephalophinae
Species : Cephalophus rufilatus
The Red-flanked 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
Countries
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, The, Ghana, GuineaBissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo and Uganda
Facts about the red-flanked duiker
and Range Red-flanked duikers are tiny antelopes, classified in the family Bovidae and the subfamily Cephalophinae.
Habitat The Red-flanked Duiker is found in gallery forests, forest edges, woodland edges and clearings and is decidedly less confined to dense forests than most other Duikers.
Red flanked duikers are found in thick vegetation near permanent sources of water such as springs within rocky areas and along the forest edge within the savanna.
The red flanked duiker is the third smallest duiker.
(Biloxi Sun Herald, MS) Advent of the antelope Jan 5, 2004ATASCADERO - At less than two feet tall, the red-flanked duiker is a pint-sized addition to the Charles Paddock Zoo in Atascadero, but this tiny antelope is . (Full text)
Natural History: The red-flanked duiker is believed to be crepuscular - most active at dusk and dawn. (Full text)
The Red Flanked Duiker is from Africa and he rocks! (Full text)
The red-flanked duiker is believed to be crepuscular, meaning that it is most active at dusk and dawn. (Full text)
The red-flanked duiker is primarily a browser, feeding on mostly on leaves (60% of diet) but also on twigs, flowers, and fruits (Agbelusi, 1992). (Full text)
Female, Born: January 11, 2004 Habitat: The Red-flanked duiker is found in gallery forests, forest edges, woodland edges and clearings and is decidedly less confined to dense forests than most other Duikers. (Full text)