Least ConcernBlack-fronted Duiker
Cephalophus nigrifrons
21 countries5 parks
Species group · Mammals
WAnimals has 6 species of duiker, in the family Bovidae.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
2 species in this group are in a threatened category according to the IUCN.
Recorded in 43 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
It enters water without hesitation and has been seen wading flooded ground and swimming across watercourses, something most duikers avoid.
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It depends on monkeys: much of its diet is fruit dropped by the troops in the canopy, and in forests where hunting has wiped out the primates this duiker is scarce too.
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The name duiker comes from the Afrikaans duiker, diver, from the habit these antelopes have of plunging suddenly into the undergrowth when something startles them.
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It has very well developed preorbital glands, in front of the eyes, which it rubs against branches and trunks to mark its territory with a scent of its own.
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It follows monkey troops through the understorey to eat the fruit they drop from the canopy, a strategy that gives it access to food it could not reach on its own.
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It marks its territory by rubbing its face against branches and trunks: in front of each eye it has a well-developed preorbital gland that leaves a lasting scent trail.
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Its vertical black bands on a golden ground are unique among African antelopes and work as disruptive camouflage in the dappled light of the understorey.
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Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 6.
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The frontal bone of its skull is abnormally thick, and it is thought to use it as a hammer to break hard-shelled fruit against the ground or against tree trunks.
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