Physical Description
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They are heavily built with short legs long body and long head
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They are dark brown to black in color.
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The bridge of their nose and other parts of their head are more reddish in color.
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Both males and females have horns.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
HEAD TO BODY LENGTH: 80 90 cm (31.5 -35.43 inches)
TAIL LENGTH: 12 – 14 cm ( 4.8 – 5.6 in )
HORN LENGTH: 80 – 170 mm ( 3.1 to 6.7 in ) / Females : 30 mm ( 1.2 in )
SHOULDER HEIGHT: 500 mm ( 20 in )
WEIGHT: 15-20kg ( 33 -44lbs )
RANGE :Sierra Leone , Cote divore Liberia, Ghana, Benin, and Nigeria
HABITAT: Lowland Rainforest
FOOD: fruits, seeds, grasses and fungi
STATUS: Population is decreasing
REASON FOR STATUS : Hunting , and poaching
GESTATION PERIOD: 126 days
LIFESPAN: YRS IN WILD 10 -12 years / 14.80 YRS IN CAPTIVITY