Duiker

Duikers
Temporal range: Late Miocene to present
Red forest duiker, Cephalophus natalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Cephalophinae
Blyth, 1863
Genera

Cephalophus
Philantomba
Sylvicapra

A duiker /ˈdkər/ is a small to medium-sized brown antelope native to sub-Saharan Africa, found in heavily wooded areas. The 22 extant species, including three sometimes considered to be subspecies of the other species, form the subfamily Cephalophinae or the tribe Cephalophini.