Peters's duiker, Cephalophorus callipygus, is a small antelope found in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, southern Cameroon and northern Republic of the Congo. It typically weighs about 18 kilograms and is about 510 millimetres high at the shoulder. It has a grey-brown coat and lives in dense undergrowth in mountain rainforests. Peters's duiker is a diurnal species, with peak activity between dawn and dusk. The total population is estimated at 380,000 individuals and is declining, and habitat loss and poaching are considered the main drivers of this decline.
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Peters' duiker (Cephalophorus callipygus) is a small antelope found in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, southern Cameroon, and northern Republic of the Congo.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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Peters' duiker (Cephalophorus callipygus) is a small antelope found in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, southern Cameroon, and northern Republic of the Congo.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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Peters' duiker (Cephalophorus callipygus) is a small antelope found in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, southern Cameroon, and northern Republic of the Congo.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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Peters' duiker (Cephalophorus callipygus) is a small antelope found in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, southern Cameroon, and northern Republic of the Congo.
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Peters' duiker (Cephalophorus callipygus) is a small antelope found in Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, southern Cameroon, and northern Republic of the Congo.
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Peters's duiker is a diurnal species, with peak activity between dawn and dusk.
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The total population is estimated at 380,000 individuals, with a declining trend.
Conservation Status, threats
Habitat loss and poaching are considered the main drivers of this decline, particularly poaching through snare traps targeting the animal for bushmeat.
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It has a grey-brown coat, and lives in dense undergrowth in mountain rainforests.
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The bovids (Bovidae) are the most species-rich family.
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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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