Black-fronted Duiker vs Hime-butana

Cephalophus nigrifrons compared with Hypochaeris glabra

Key Differences

• Black-fronted Duiker is Least Concern while Hime-butana is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Black-fronted Duiker	Hime-butana
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)	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Cephalophus	Hypochaeris
Species	Cephalophus nigrifrons	Hypochaeris glabra

Conservation Status

Black-fronted Duiker

LC — Least Concern

Hime-butana

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Black-fronted Duiker	Hime-butana
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Black-fronted Duiker

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Hime-butana

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Black-fronted Duiker

The Black-fronted Duiker (Cephalophus nigrifrons) is a species in the genus Cephalophus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.