Jentink's Duiker vs lime prickly-ash

Cephalophus jentinki compared with Zanthoxylum fagara

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Jentink's Duiker lime prickly-ash
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Chordata (Chordates) Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class Mammalia (Mammals) Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates) Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family Bovidae (Bovids) Rutaceae
Genus Cephalophus Zanthoxylum
Species Cephalophus jentinki Zanthoxylum fagara

Conservation Status

Jentink's Duiker

EN — Endangered

lime prickly-ash

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Jentink's Duiker lime prickly-ash
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Jentink's Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

lime prickly-ash

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba. Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Jentink's Duiker

No description available.

lime prickly-ash

No description available.

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