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Maxwell's Duiker

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Maxwell's Duiker

Conservation status

Near Threatened (NT)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Cephalophinae
Genus: Cephalophus
Species: C. maxwellii
Binomial name
Cephalophus maxwellii
H. Smith, 1871

Maxwell's Duikers (Cephalophus maxwellii), are small antelopes found in western Africa.

They grow to 30 inches in length with a typical shoulder height of 14.5–16 inches (35 centimetres) and weigh around 11 pounds (5 kilogrammes). Its coat is either grey-brown or grey, with a white underbelly and white markings on its face.

Maxwell's Duikers live in lowland rainforest, where they eat herbs, fruits and shrubs.

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