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Sylvicapra grimmia (Common duiker)

bush duiker, Grimm's duiker, grey duiker [English]; gewone duiker, duiker [Afrikaans]; Kronenducker [German]; céphalophe couronne [French]; nsya [Swahili]; impunzi, ipunzi ejayelekileko [isiNdebele]; impunzi [isiXhosa] [isiZulu]; phuthi, phuti, ntsha [Sepedi]; phuthi [Sesotho]; photi, phOti, phothi [Setswana]; mhembwe [Shona]; imphunzi [siSwati]; mhunti [Xitsonga]; nfsa, ntsa [Tshivenda]; puti [Lozi]; unsa [Yei]; Doas [Nama] [Damara]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Laurasiatheria > Ferungulata > Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and cetaceans) > Ruminantia (ruminants) > Family: Bovidae (antelopes and buffalo) > Subfamily: Antilopinae

Sylvicapra grimmia (Common duiker)

Common duiker, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Arno Meintjes ©]

Sylvicapra grimmia (Common duiker) Sylvicapra grimmia (Common duiker)

Sylvicapra grimmia (Common duiker), Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. [photo Trevor Hardaker ©]

Common duiker, Kruger National Park, South Africa. [photo Coke Smith ©]