Papyrus vs Peters' Duiker

Cyperus papyrus compared with Cephalophus callipygus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Papyrus	Peters' Duiker
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Cyperaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Cyperus	Cephalophus
Species	Cyperus papyrus	Cephalophus callipygus

Conservation Status

Papyrus

LC — Least Concern

Peters' Duiker

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Papyrus	Peters' Duiker
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Papyrus

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Laos), Europe (Italy, Portugal), North America (Costa Rica, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).