Yellow Backed 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 largest of the duiker species

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

HEAD TO BODY LENGTH: 115 145 cm (3.8 4.8 ft)

TAIL LENGTH: 11-20 cm (4.4 -8.0 in)

HORN LENGTH: 8.5 21.0 cm (3.4 -8.4 inches)

SHOULDER HEIGHT: 65 -80 cm ( 2.1 2.8 feet )

WEIGHT: 45 80 kg (100 -175 lbs)

RANGE : Western and Central Africa

HABITAT: Forest, savannahs, and farmlands

FOOD: fruits, seeds, grasses and fungi

STATUS: Population is decreasing

REASON FOR STATUS : Hunting , and poaching

GESTATION PERIOD: 7 months

LIFESPAN: YRS IN WILD 10 -12 years / 22.50 YRS IN CAPTIVITY