Red-Flanked Duiker

However it occurs in a number of reserves and protected areas where it is less liable to be killed for meat and the International Union for Conservation of Nature in its Red List of Threatened Species lists it as being of "Least Concern".

The red-flanked duiker (Cephalophorus rufilatus) is a species of small antelope found in western and central Africa in countries as far apart as Senegal and Sudan.

It feeds on leaves, fallen fruits, seeds and flowers, and sometimes twigs and shoots.

It is fairly common in the areas in which it is found though numbers are decreasing in general due to severe hunting pressure.

The red-flanked duiker was one of the four most frequent species of bushmeat on sale in the Republic of Guinea, along with Maxwell's duiker (Cephalophus maxwelli), the greater cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus) and the bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus).

The adults are territorial, living in savannah and lightly wooded habitats, and the females usually produce a single offspring each year.

The red-flanked duiker is native to West and Central Africa where its range extends from Senegal and the Gambia in the west to Sudan and the Nile Valley in the east.