Yellow-backed duiker

Yellow-backed duiker
C. s. silvicultor at Disney's Animal Kingdom
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Cephalophus
Species:
C. silvicultor
Binomial name
Cephalophus silvicultor
(Afzelius, 1815)
Distribution of yellow-backed duiker
Synonyms[3]
  • Antilope sylvicultrix (Afzelius, 1815)
  • C. punctulatus Gray, 1850
  • C. sclateri Jentink, 1901
  • C. sylvicultor Thomas, 1892

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.[3]

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2016). "Cephalophus silvicultor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4150A50184147. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T4150A50184147.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ a b Lumpkin, S.; Kranz, K.R. (1984). "Cephalophus sylvicultor" (PDF). Mammalian Species (225): 1–7. doi:10.2307/3503848. JSTOR 3503848. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2016.