BLUE DUIKER – Endangered and Rare Animals

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:

This species are reddish chestnut in color with a dark stripe on the back from the nose to the tail.
The lower legs are darker than the body.
The face is short with a rounded or humped bare nose.
They have large scent glands beneath the eyes that include a series of pores rather than of a single opening.
Their brain relative to size is larger than all of the antelopes.
They are the smallest of duiker species.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

HEAD TO BODY LENGTH: 50 – 75 cm ( 1.6 – 2.5 ft )

TAIL LENGTH: 7 – 10 cm ( 3 – 4 in )

HORN LENGTH: 2- 10 cm ( 0.8 – 0.4 in )

SHOULDER HEIGHT: 30 – 40 cm ( 12 to 16 in )

WEIGHT: 3.8 – 5.4 kg ( 8.4 – 12.0 lbs )

RANGE : Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania

HABITAT: Dense vegetation or rainforest

FOOD: fruits, seeds, grasses, insects , and eggs

STATUS: This species is facing extinction

REASON FOR STATUS : Meat, skin and Horns and overhunting

GESTATION PERIOD: 7.5 months

LIFESPAN: YRS IN WILD -12 years / 16 years in captivity