Light-backed Duiker
Cephalophus silvicultor
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 223
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇫 Central African Republic
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
The yellow-backed duiker (Cephalophus silvicultor) is a shy, forest-dwelling antelope of the order Artiodactyla, from the family Bovidae. Yellow-backed duikers are the most widely-distributed of all duikers. They are found mainly in Central and Western Africa, ranging from Senegal and Gambia on the western coast, through to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to western Uganda; their distribution continues southward into Rwanda, Burundi, and most of Zambia.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Yellow-backed duiker”.