Black duiker: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the black duiker lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Cephalophus niger
Group	Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Bovidae

Where does the black duiker live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the black duiker in 3 countries and territories across Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the black duiker endangered?

The black duiker’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the black duiker?

The black duiker (Cephalophus niger) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Bovidae, genus Cephalophus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the black duiker

The black duiker (Cephalophorus niger), also known as tuba in Dyula, is a forest-dwelling duiker found in the southern parts of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, and Nigeria.

The black duiker stands around 500 mm (20 in) tall at the shoulder and weighs 15 to 20 kg (33 to 44 lb). It has, not surprisingly, a black coat. The head is a rust colour with a large red crest between the ears. The black duiker has long, thin horns of 80 to 170 mm (3.1 to 6.7 in), but the horns of females reach only 30 mm (1.2 in).

The black duiker lives mainly in lowland rainforests, where it eats fruit, flowers, and leaves which have fallen from the canopy. It is probably diurnal, though this is surmised only from captive specimens. Black duiker are reported to be solitary, territorial animals.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Black duiker (revision 1381205444), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q786305 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).