Black Duiker vs Elephant Apple

Cephalophus niger compared with Dillenia indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Duiker	Elephant Apple
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Dilleniales (Dilleniales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Dilleniaceae
Genus	Cephalophus	Dillenia
Species	Cephalophus niger	Dillenia indica

Conservation Status

Black Duiker

LC — Least Concern

Elephant Apple

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Duiker	Elephant Apple
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Elephant Apple

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, and Taiwan.

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.