The scientific name of the bluebuck is Hippotragus leucophaeus, and its foreign name is Bluebuck. It is an extinct antelope and the first large mammal to disappear in Africa. They are close relatives of the black antelope and the black antelope, but are slightly smaller.Like the antelope and black a...
The scientific name of the Hippotragus equinus is small groups living in plains and shrub areas. It is closely related to the sable antelope (H. niger) and the extinct blue scimitar-horned antelope (H. leucophoeus). It feeds on the fresh and tender parts or leaves of plants. The favorite grasses of...
Common Duiker (scientific name: Sylvicapra grimmia) English Common Duiker, Bush Duiker, Grey Duiker, French Céphalophe de Grimm, Céphalophe du Cap, South African Gewone Duiker, German Kronenducker, there are 13 subspecies.Common duikers are active in the early morning, evening, and night. During t...
The spotted duiker (scientific name: Cephalophus zebra) is called Zebra Duiker, Banded Duiker, Zebra Antelope in English, Céphalophe Zébré, Céphalophe rayé in French, Duiquero Cebrado in Spanish, and Zebraducker in German. It has no subspecies and is a species endemic to the Upper Guinea Forest...
Weyns's Duiker (scientific name: Cephalophus weynsi) English Weyns's Duiker, French Céphalpohe de Weyns, German Weynsducker, has 3 subspecies. Weyns's Duiker can be distinguished from the bay duiker and white-bellied duiker distributed in the same area because they do not have obvious d...
Tanzanian duiker (scientific name: Cephalophus spadix) English Abbott's Duiker, Minde, French Céphalophe d'Abbott, German Abbott-Ducker, Abbottducker, no subspecies. Tanzanian duiker and yellow-backed duiker are similar in size and color, but the yellow-backed duiker has a unique yellow wed...
Yellow-backed Duiker (scientific name: Cephalophus silvicultor) English: Yellow-backed Duiker, French: Céphalophe géant, Céphalophe à dos jaune, Spanish: Duiquero de Lomo Amarillo, German: Gelbrückenducker, Riesenducker, there are 4 subspecies.The yellow-backed duiker is an unsociable species....
Red-flanked Duiker (scientific name: Cephalophus rufilatus) is called Red-flanked Duiker in English, Céphalophe à Flancs Roux in French, Blaurückenducker and Rotflankenducker in German, and has no subspecies.In the wild, red-rumped duikers occupy different habitats that rarely overlap. They live...
Ogilby's Duiker (Cephalophus ogilbyi) is known as Ogilby's Duiker in English, Céphalophe d'Ogilby in French, Duiquero de Ogilby in Spanish, Fernando-Po-Ducker, Ogilby-Ducker, Ogilbyducker in German, and has three subspecies.The Osmanthus duiker is one of the least known antelopes. The f...
Black-fronted Duiker (scientific name: Cephalophus nigrifrons) English: Black-fronted Duiker, French: Céphalophe à front noir, German: Schwarzstirnducker, there are 6 subspecies.Black-fronted duikers are thought to be territorial, using feces and preorbital gland markings to demarcate territorial...
Black Duiker (scientific name: Cephalophus niger) is called Black Duiker in English, Céphalophe noir in French, and Schwarzducker in German. There is no subspecies.The Tanzanian Duiker and the Black Duiker are both dark in color, but the Tanzanian Duiker has a bright reddish-brown crest on its fore...
The Red Duiker (Cephalophus natalensis) is the only red duiker in its range; it is larger and has a more reddish-brown coat than the blue duiker and the natalensis. The Habsburg duiker is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Red Duiker, but can be distinguished by its darker legs and black facia...
Jentink's duiker (scientific name: Cephalophus jentinki) is called Jentink's duiker in English, Céphalophe de Jentink in French, Duiquero de Jentink in Spanish, and Jentinkducker in German. There are no subspecies.The Jans's Gazelle was discovered in 1884, but was not formally described...
Harvey's Duiker (scientific name: Cephalophus harveyi) English: Harvey's Duiker, East African Red Duiker, Harvey's Red Duiker, French: Céphalophe de Harvey, German: Céphalophe de Harvey, no subspecies.The Harbour's and Black-fronted Duikers do not have dorsal stripes, and the Red D...
Bay Duiker (scientific name: Cephalophus dorsalis) English: Bay Duiker, French: Céphalophe bai, Céphalophe à bande dorsale noire, Spanish: Duiquero Bayo, German: Schwarzrückenducker, has 2 subspecies.In the wild, the similar “red duiker” species are often difficult to tell apart based on a bri...
Blue-rumped duiker (scientific name: Cephalophus callipygus) English: Peters' Duiker, Gabon Duiker, French: Céphaplophe de Peter, German: Petersducker, Schönsteißducker, no subspecies.In the wild, the "red duikers" are often difficult to tell apart, especially when they're runni...
Cephalophus adersi (English: Aders' Duiker, German: Aders-Ducker, Adersducker, Sansibar-Ducker, Swahili: Paa Nunga, no subspecies.The Sangdao duiker is a typical solitary animal that lives in pairs during the breeding season. It is territorial, and the scent marking of the preorbital glands and...
Walter's Duiker (scientific name: Philantomba walteri), foreign name Walter's Duiker, no subspecies.The Walter's duiker is a deer-like mammal and a new species of antelope that was first discovered in a bushmeat market in West Africa. The paper confirming the new species was published in...
Blue Duiker (scientific name: Philantomba monticola) is also known as Blue Duiker in English. There are 12 subspecies.Blue Duiker is most active at dawn and dusk. It mainly feeds on fruits, leaves, flowers, fungi, seeds, and sometimes insects and even small animals. Like other antelopes, they can fo...
Brown duiker (scientific name: Philantomba maxwellii) English Maxwell's Duiker, French Céphalophe de Maxwell, German Céphalophe de Maxwell, has 2 subspecies.The ranges of the brown duiker have set areas with paths through the vegetation around them. Males mark their territories before feeding...