Zebra Duiker

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Zebra Duiker
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Cephalophus
Species: C. zebra
Binomial name
Cephalophus zebra
Gray, 1838

The Zebra Duiker (Cephalophus zebra) is a small antelope found in Ivory Coast, and Liberia.

Zebra Duikers have gold or red-brown coats with distinctive zebra-like stripes, dark markings on their upper legs and russet faces. They grow to 90 centimetres in length, 45 centimetres in height and weigh up to 20 kilogrammes. Their prong-like horns are 4.5 centimetres long in males and only 2.25 centimetres long in females.

Zebra Duikers live in Primary Rainforest where they eat leaves and fruit. They are considered Vulnerable by the IUCN. The wild population is estimated at 28,000 individuals.

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