Abbott’s duiker  (Cephalophus spadix)

Range

Abbott’s duiker occurs only in Tanzania, where it is found in forests in the Eastern Arc Mountains, Mount Kilimanjaro and the Southern Highlands (1).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Primarily an inhabitant of dense forest (5), Abbott’s duiker is most common between elevations of 1,300 and 2,700 metres, but may occur up to 4,000 metres above sea level (2). As well as mature forest, Abbott’s duiker can be found in disturbed and secondary forest, and occasionally, grasslands (1).

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