Black back pressure

Black back pressure
Black- backed duiker ( Cephalophus dorsalis )
Systematics
without rank: Forehead weapon bearer (Pecora) Family : Horned Bearers (Bovidae) Subfamily : Antilopinae Tribe : Duiker (cephalophini) Genre : Cephalophus Type : Black back pressure
Scientific name
Cephalophus dorsalis
Gray , 1846

The black- backed duiker ( Cephalophus dorsalis ) belongs to the tribe of the duiker (Cephalophini) and lives in West and Central Africa . It occurs in the nature reserves Salonga , Virunga and Maiko , among others . A total of seven subspecies are described. The species is largely unexplored so far.

The black back duiker has a shoulder height of 56 centimeters and a body weight of 20 kilograms. This strong, reddish antelope has dark brown to black legs. A black stripe runs across the back and stomach.

Forests and thickets are its habitat. In addition to berries, the diet also consists of birds and other animals. It reaches an age of up to 12 years.

literature

• Clive A. Spinage: The Natural History of Antelopes. Croom Helm, London 1986, ISBN 0-7099-4441-1 .

Web links

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• Cephalophus dorsalis in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2006. Posted by: Antelope Specialist Group, 1996. Retrieved on 11 May, 2006.

Single receipts

1. ^ Spinage: The Natural History of Antelopes. 1986, p. 178.