Species Philantomba monticola (Thunberg, 1789) (Blue duiker)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Mammalia
  • --- order: Artiodactyla
  • ---- family: Bovidae
  • ----- species: Philantomba monticola
Characteristics:herbivore: height: 35 cm; the coat is dark grey-brown on the back while the belly, chest and throat are light brown; underneath each eye is a horizontal black stripe; both sexes have short horns that lie back in line with the face; males are slightly smaller than females:
Countries:
MZ
Mozambique
ZA
South Africa
ZW
Zimbabwe
Ecoregions:

AT0116
KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
AT0128
Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
AT0719
Southern Miombo woodlands
AT0725
Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
AT1012
Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
Links:
References:Cillié 1997: 68
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/7326810@N08/2701684335/sizes/o/
Date: 2008-07-01
Place: unknown
Creator: Jean
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Comments: title 'Blue Duiker'
Source: wikimedia
Date: 2009-12-20
Place: unknown
Creator: Derek Keats
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
Source: http://media.eol.org/data_objects/27753307
Creator: Jean
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Comments: Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola)
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