Black Duiker vs Doum Palm

Cephalophus niger compared with Hyphaene thebaica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Duiker	Doum Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Arecaceae
Genus	Cephalophus	Hyphaene
Species	Cephalophus niger	Hyphaene thebaica

Conservation Status

Black Duiker

LC — Least Concern

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Duiker	Doum Palm
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Doum Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across India, Taiwan, and Yemen.

Black Duiker

The Black Duiker (Cephalophus niger) is a species in the genus Cephalophus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.