Duiker
Description and Identification:
Shoulder height: Males 50cm
Females 52cm
Body mass: Males 15 kg – 18 kg
Females 16 kg – 21 kg
- Upper parts – grayish or reddish yellow
- Under parts - white or grey or tinged red
- Forehead is usually reder and darker than the body
- Distinct black band on top of the muzzle
- Duiker males have a tuft of long black or brown hair between the horns
- Only the males have horns – rise vertically –short and straight
- Duiker bases –ridged
Social Behavior:
- Duiker normally solitary
- Duiker pair during mating
- Females move with their offspring
- Active –early morning and late afternoon well into the dark
- Duiker rest in bushes or tall grass
- When disturbed –plunge off- looking back momentarily for cause of disturbance
- Usually one young
- New born are hidden in cover –can run within 24 hours
Quelle: J D Skinner and R H N Smithers, The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion; Hunting school-Seminar study Namibia