Aders' duiker vs Eight-Angled Floatingheart

Cephalophus adersi compared with Nymphoides cordata

Key Differences

• Aders' duiker is Critically Endangered while Eight-Angled Floatingheart is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Aders' duiker	Eight-Angled Floatingheart
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Artiodactyla (偶蹄目)	Asterales (キク目)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Menyanthaceae
Genus	Cephalophus	Nymphoides
Species	Cephalophus adersi	Nymphoides cordata

Conservation Status

Aders' duiker

CR — Critically Endangered

Eight-Angled Floatingheart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Aders' duiker	Eight-Angled Floatingheart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Aders' duiker

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Kenya. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Eight-Angled Floatingheart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Aders' duiker

The Aders' duiker (Cephalophus adersi) is a species in the genus Cephalophus. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 5 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeo.