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Cephalophus monticola (blue duiker)

Wikipedia Abstract

Blue duiker (Philantomba monticola) is a small forest dwelling duiker found in the Central Africa and southern South Africa. Blue duikers stand around 35 centimetres tall at the shoulder and weigh 4 kilograms. They are the smallest of the antelope family. Blue duikers have a brown coat with a slight blue tinge – hence their name – and a white underside. There is a glandular slit beneath both eyes and a very slight crest between the ears.
View Wikipedia Record: Cephalophus monticola

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  13.78 lbs (6.25 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  1.76 lbs (800 g)
Female Maturity [1]  1 year 4 months
Male Maturity [1]  1 year 10 months
Gestation [1]  6 months 13 days
Litter Size [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  16 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Bamingui-Bangoran Conservation Area National Park II 2783298 Central African Republic  
Kahuzi-Biéga National Park II 1647768 Democratic Republic of the Congo  
Kibale National Park II 196202 Uganda
Nouabalï-Ndoki National Park II 1013529 Congo  
Parc National d'Odzala National Park II 3423581 Congo  
Parc National de la Comoe National Park II 2902593 Côte d'Ivoire  
Parc National de Tai National Park II 1085310 Côte d'Ivoire  
Queen Elizabeth National Park II 522052 Uganda
Reserve Forestiere et de Faune du Dja Wildlife Reserve IV 1551322 Cameroon  
Reserve Naturelle Integrale d'Ipassa-Makokou Biosphere Reserve 37066 Gabon  
Salonga National Park II 8300948 Democratic Republic of the Congo  
Takamanda Forest Reserve 141442 Cameroon  

Prey / Diet

Ficus craterostoma[2]
Ficus natalensis[2]
Ficus sur[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Andropadus curvirostris (Plain Greenbul)1
Andropadus latirostris (Yellow-whiskered Greenbul)1
Buccanodon duchaillui (Yellow-spotted Barbet)1
Bycanistes brevis (Silvery-cheeked Hornbill)1
Bycanistes bucinator (Trumpeter Hornbill)3
Bycanistes subcylindricus (Grey-cheeked Hornbill)1
Cercopithecus ascanius (black-cheeked white-nosed monkey)1
Cercopithecus mitis (blue monkey)2
Cercopithecus nictitans (white-nosed guenon)1
Cercopithecus pogonias (crowned guenon)1
Chlorocichla laetissima (Joyful Greenbul)1
Colobus guereza (Guereza)1
Columba arquatrix (African Olive Pigeon)1
Eidolon helvum (straw-colored fruit bat)1
Erythrocebus patas (patas monkey)1
Gorilla gorilla (gorilla)2
Heliosciurus rufobrachium (red-legged sun squirrel)1
Loxodonta africana (African Bush Elephant)2
Micropteropus pusillus (Peters's dwarf epauletted fruit bat)1
Onychognathus walleri (Waller's Starling)1
Oriolus brachyrhynchus (Western Oriole)1
Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee)3
Phylloscopus budongoensis (Uganda Woodland Warbler)1
Phylloscopus trochilus (Willow Warbler)1
Ploceus bicolor (Dark-backed Weaver)1
Ploceus nigricollis (Black-necked Weaver)1
Pogoniulus bilineatus (Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird)2
Potamochoerus porcus (red river hog)1
Pteropus voeltzkowi (Pemba flying fox)2
Pycnonotus barbatus (Common Bulbul)2
Rousettus egyptiacus (Egyptian rousette)1
Sylvia atricapilla (Eurasian Blackcap)1
Tauraco corythaix (Knysna Turaco)1
Tauraco porphyreolophus (Purple-crested Turaco)1
Tockus alboterminatus (Crowned Hornbill)1
Treron calvus (African Green Pigeon)2
Zosterops senegalensis (African Yellow White-eye)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cooperia chabaudi <Unverified Name>[3]
Cooperia rotundispiculum <Unverified Name>[3]
Echinococcus granulosus[3]
Haemonchus lawrencei <Unverified Name>[3]
Moniezia expansa (sheep tapeworm)[3]
Oesophagostomum roscoei <Unverified Name>[3]
Stilesia hepatica <Unverified Name>[3]
Taenia hydatigena <Unverified Name>[3]
Trichostrongylus angistris <Unverified Name>[3]
Trichostrongylus anomalus <Unverified Name>[3]
Trichostrongylus axei[3]
Trichostrongylus falculatus <Unverified Name>[3]
Trichostrongylus rugatus <Unverified Name>[3]

Distribution

Africa;

External References

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Citations

Species recognized by Grubb P., 22-Apr-2004, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 2"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572 ♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
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