Black Duiker vs Fivefingers

Cephalophus niger compared with Syngonium angustatum

Key Differences

• Black Duiker is Least Concern while Fivefingers is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black Duiker	Fivefingers
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Araceae
Genus	Cephalophus	Syngonium
Species	Cephalophus niger	Syngonium angustatum

Conservation Status

Black Duiker

LC — Least Concern

Fivefingers

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black Duiker	Fivefingers
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Fivefingers

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC)), North America (Guatemala, Honduras, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.