Dixie ticktrefoil vs Ogilby's Duiker

Desmodium tortuosum compared with Cephalophus ogilbyi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Dixie ticktrefoil Ogilby's Duiker
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Fabales (Legumes & Allies) Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family Fabaceae Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus Desmodium Cephalophus
Species Desmodium tortuosum Cephalophus ogilbyi

Conservation Status

Dixie ticktrefoil

LC — Least Concern

Ogilby's Duiker

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Dixie ticktrefoil Ogilby's Duiker
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Dixie ticktrefoil

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (5 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (4 countries).

Ogilby's Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Dixie ticktrefoil

No description available.

Ogilby's Duiker

No description available.

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