Least ConcernMaxwell's Duiker
Philantomba maxwellii
One of the 9 antelopes on WAnimals
Mammals · Artiodactyla · Bovidae
Neotragus pygmaeus
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The royal antelope is the smallest antelope in the world: it weighs less than three kilos and stands barely twenty-five centimetres at the shoulder. It lives in the densest understorey of the West African rainforests, and is nocturnal and extremely unobtrusive. The males carry tiny horns, a couple of centimetres long, almost hidden in the hair. It feeds on tender shoots, leaves and fallen fruit, and its size lets it move along tunnels through the undergrowth that no large predator can follow.
Weight
1.5 kg – 3.5 kg
Size
40 cm – 50 cm
Life expectancy
6 years
Diet
Herbivore
Feeds mainly on plants.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
In pairs
Usually lives in pairs, sometimes for life.
Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Neotragus pygmaeus
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Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Royal Antelope — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about royal antelope.
