Duiker
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A female Crowned duiker |
Crowned duiker - Are any of several small African antelopes of the family bovidae. None are more than 30 in/76 cm. tall and many species are less than half that height. The head is conical with a convex nose and a small bare muzzle. The horns are keeled, and placed somewhat backwardly-projecting of the frontal bone. In front of the eyes are face-glands, which are quite different both in position and structure to those of other bovids. Instead of being close to the eye, they are halfway between it and the muzzle. |
| Crowned duiker, buck or Gray duiker - Duikers occur all over sub-Saharan Africa and inhabit both savannah and forest. There is only one savannah species in the genus Sylvicapra; this has long legs, and the horns turn upwards from the base. On the other hand their are 11 species of the forest duikers, genus Cephalophus. Forest duikers horns point straight backwards in a line with the face, and their build is wedge-shaped, with short forelegs and a high round rump, which allows it to push through thick undergrowth. |
A Crowned duiker, buck or Gray duiker |
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A Banded duiker or Zebra antelope |
A Banded duiker or Zebra antelope - Duikers are shy and nocturnal, they got their name "diver" from the way they dive into the shrubs when disturbed. |
