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Duiker
Common duiker also known as the grey or crowned duiker, these small antelope very considerably in color, from grayish-buff to reddish-yellow across their range. Underparts are whitish. Males have a tuft of long black or brown hair between the horns. There is a broad dark band form the horns down to the nostrils, but sometimes only confined to the lower part of the face. Only males have horns, maximum length about 18cm, but vary occasionally the females have short stunted horns. They are solitary, mainly diurnal animals, active usually in the early mornings and late afternoons, with activity extended late into the night especially ion clear moonlit nights.
Will scream loudly and fight
furiously if captured, using both the back legs and sharp horns Almost exclusively browser, will
rarely eat grass. They are delicate eaters and can be
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