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Introduction
Blue duiker Classification Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Infraclass Eutheria Cohort Laurasiatheria Order Cetartiodactyla Suborder Ruminantia Family Bovidae Clade Aegodontia Subfamily Cephalophinae Tribe Cephalophini Genus Philantomba Binomial name (In taxonomy (botany, zoology, etc.), the binominal name, or pair, comes from the…) Philantomba monticola
(Thunberg, 1789) Synonymes Cephalophus monticola Statut de conservation IUCNÂ :
The Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola) is a small antelope living in the central or southern forests of Africa (With an area of ​​30,221,532 km2 including the islands,… north.) of South Africa.
It reaches 35 cm at the withers and weighs around 4 kg. Its dress is brown with a bluish reflection – hence its name – and its belly is white (White is the color of a body heated to around 5,000°C (see…). We can see below each eye an olfactory gland which they use to mark their territory (The notion of territory has taken on increasing importance in geography and particularly in… ). Their head is topped with a slight crest and small conical horns measuring 2 to 10 cm. Females do not always have horns.
These nocturnal animals live alone or in pairs in the humid forest. They feed on fruits, flowers or fallen leaves from the canopy (The canopy is the upper floor of the forest, in direct contact with…), or even eggs or insects (Insects is a review French-speaking ecology and entomology intended for a wide…). In return, they can be the prey of the crowned eagle. Very territorial, they survey the limits of their territory to mark them with their droppings and excretions from glands placed above their hooves and under their eyes. Any intruder will be expelled and only their young will be tolerated until they reach 18 months.
The blue duiker is not threatened at all. It is even very common: in Gabon there are up to 80 per square kilometer (A square is a regular polygon with four sides. This means that its…).
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