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Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus, 1758
Order: Artiodactyla > Family: Bovidae > Genus: Sylvicapra > Species: Sylvicapra grimmia Linnaeus, 1758
Common Name: Common Duiker [English]
Type Description
Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:70.
Type Locality
Habitat in Africa'; based on a specimen seen by Grimm in the fort at Cape Town (Thomas, 1911a:153) so now known to be South Africa, Western Cape Prov., Cape Town.
Measurements
Head and body: 700-1150 mm
Tail length: 75-195 mm
Weight: 11-25.5 kg
Tail length: 75-195 mm
Weight: 11-25.5 kg
Description
The horns that are found only in males and that stick off the head at an angle from the plane of the face help to distinguish this duiker from forest duikers.
Key References
1. Kingdon, J. 1989. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Large Mammals). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 3C:318-327.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 366.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2:1135, 1165-1166.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 366.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2:1135, 1165-1166.