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Zebra duiker

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

 

The Banded duiker, zebra antelope, zebra 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 zebra duiker

Endangered Western chimpanzees, pygmy hippos, forest elephants and small striped antelopes known as zebra duikers are among the other wildlife that lives in the Gola forests.

Behavior Zebra duikers are solitary animals except when paired with a mate or when raising an infant. (Full text)

Geographic Range Cephalophus zebra is found in primary forest areas in the mid-western part of Africa; It inhabits the regions of Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast, but is most commonly distributed in the eastern central country of Liberia (Kingdon, 1997). (Full text)

Habitat The zebra duiker is found in primary forests from low-lying areas such as river valleys to hill-forest habitats (Kingdon, 1997). (Full text)

Natural History: The Zebra Duiker is most active at night. (Full text)

The zebra duiker is on CITES Appendix II (CITES, 2003). (Full text)

Young zebra duikers are born with a bluish cast to their coat (rather than golden of adults), which gradually lightens and brightens beginning at two months of age (Udell, 1981). (Full text)

Map 74 of the zebra duiker is copied from Smith (1985); this wildly inaccurate map is so far beside the mark that one wonders why it is featured at all in the book – accurate distribution maps are available in the modern literature. (Full text)