Maxwell's duiker, Philantomba maxwellii, is a small antelope found in western Africa, recorded in countries including Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. Its scientific name was first used by the English naturalist Charles Hamilton Smith in 1827. It is classified in the genus Philantomba along with the blue duiker and Walter's duiker, although it is sometimes treated as a species of Cephalophus, and Theodor Haltenorth considered it a race of the blue duiker because of identical features. It is listed as Least Concern, though with the population decreasing.
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It inhabits the warm, moist lowland forests prevalent in western African countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
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It inhabits the warm, moist lowland forests prevalent in western African countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
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The western limits of the range lie in southwestern Senegal and western Gambia, from where it extends as far east as the Cross River in Nigeria.
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Source Maxwell's duiker (Wikipedia)Habitat and distributionQuote, Habitat and distribution
It inhabits the warm, moist lowland forests prevalent in western African countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
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Source Maxwell's duiker (Wikipedia)Habitat and distributionQuote, Habitat and distribution
It inhabits the warm, moist lowland forests prevalent in western African countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Maxwell's duiker (Wikipedia)Habitat and distributionQuote, Habitat and distribution
It inhabits the warm, moist lowland forests prevalent in western African countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Maxwell's duiker (Wikipedia)Habitat and distributionQuote, Habitat and distribution
It inhabits the warm, moist lowland forests prevalent in western African countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Maxwell's duiker (Wikipedia)Habitat and distributionQuote, Habitat and distribution
It inhabits the warm, moist lowland forests prevalent in western African countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Maxwell's duiker (Wikipedia)Habitat and distributionQuote, Habitat and distribution
It inhabits the warm, moist lowland forests prevalent in western African countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Maxwell's duiker (Wikipedia)Habitat and distributionQuote, Habitat and distribution
It inhabits the warm, moist lowland forests prevalent in western African countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
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Threats and conservation
Maxwell's duiker is listed as Least Concern, though with the population trend decreasing, by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).
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The Maxwell's duiker (Philantomba maxwellii) is a small antelope found in western Africa.
Diet
The Maxwell duiker's diet mostly consists of fruits, seeds, secondary vegetation and shrubs.
Habitat and distribution
It inhabits the warm, moist lowland forests prevalent in western African countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
Habitat and distribution, where it lives
The western limits of the range lie in southwestern Senegal and western Gambia, from where it extends as far east as the Cross River in Nigeria.
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AnAge (Human Ageing Genomic Resources)Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traitsQuote, Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
Maximum longevity 18.3 years (captivity)
Artiodactyla (Wikipedia)
In Group: Even-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla), Inner systematicsQuote, In Group: Even-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla), Inner systematics
The bovids (Bovidae) are the most species-rich family.
Bovidae - Wikipedia
Child Taxon Of: Bovidae, LeadQuote, Child Taxon Of: Bovidae, Lead
Bovidae is the biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes cattle, bison, buffalo, antelopes, and goat-antelopes such as sheep and goats.
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