Gunpowder tree vs Ogilby's Duiker

Melochia umbellata compared with Cephalophus ogilbyi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Gunpowder tree Ogilby's Duiker
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Mammalia (Mammals)
Order Malvales (Malvales) Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family Malvaceae Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus Melochia Cephalophus
Species Melochia umbellata Cephalophus ogilbyi

Conservation Status

Gunpowder tree

LC — Least Concern

Ogilby's Duiker

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Gunpowder tree Ogilby's Duiker
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Gunpowder tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Australasia biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, and United States.

Ogilby's Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Gunpowder tree

No description available.

Ogilby's Duiker

No description available.

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