Duiker

Description and Identification:

Shoulder height:              Males                50cm    

                                       Females                52cm    

Body mass:                       Males                 15 kg – 18 kg

                                      Females                 16 kg – 21 kg

• Upper parts   – grayish or reddish yellow
• Under parts   - white or grey or tinged red
• Forehead is usually reder and darker than the body
• Distinct black band on top of the muzzle
• Duiker males have a tuft of long black or brown hair between the horns
• Only the males have horns – rise vertically –short and straight
• Duiker bases    –ridged

Social Behavior:

• Duiker normally solitary
• Duiker pair during mating
• Females move with their offspring
• Active     –early morning and late afternoon well into the dark
• Duiker rest in bushes or tall grass
• When disturbed    –plunge off- looking back momentarily for cause of disturbance
• Usually one young 
• New born are hidden in cover –can run within 24 hours   

Quelle: J D Skinner and R H N Smithers, The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion;  Hunting school-Seminar study Namibia