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Description: Zebra Duiker By Ahjin Yoo

Interesting Facts: The zebra duiker has many nicknames: Banded duiker, cephalophe zebre, cephalophe raye, zebraducker, streifenducker, duiauero cebrado, were nemmeh, mountain deer, or marked deer. This animal has a height of about 1~3 feet high depending on how old they are, but their length of the body is about 85~90 cm. Talking about age, their life span is about 11~13 years. Their tail length is 15 cm. They are found in rain forests in West Africa, a lot in the United States. They live in the forests, they aren't spotted that much because they are extremely shy. The weight is about 13~15 pounds.

Baby zebra duikers have dark stripes that are mostly close to each other. But as they grow up, their skin turns golden. When they are fully grown, it takes about 7 through 12 months to change into an adultly color. The babies depend on their mother's milk for at least 5~10 years after birth. They are very very shy and they are barely seen outside in the wild. Zebra duikers eat meat and droppings.Their main predators are leopards. So if they see leopards are seen in their sight, then they would use their horns on their head to shoo them away or try to hurt them. Speaking of horns, the males have longer horns than the females. It is interesting, because mostly, males have bigger bodies and horns. But for the zebra duiker, it is different. The females are all bigger than the males. Even if the males are the ones who fight, the females are the ones who have the bigger bodies. The horns for the males are about 4~5 cm long, but the females are about 16~20cm long. They are sleeping in the day. They are hunted often and hunters usually go for the meat. From all the hunting, they are close to endangered species. Grown zebra duikers have 100~120 black stripes on their back. The ventral surface is a solid cream color. But the head, neck, rump, and limbs are red-brown with come patched of black found near the joints of the limbs. They are also very sensitive with their territory, because whenever other zebra duikers come over to their territory, they will attack them with their horns. They sleep during the night like us, and they wander around the forest during the day. They also have dark markings on the whole body. The males usually have scars on their skin from fighting with other zebras. 30% of the zebra duikers are alive, after all the hunting from the hunters who are mostly aiming for their meat. Their skin is beautiful, but they have better meat value than skin.

FUN FACTS "Duiker" means that "diving", or "diving duck" from an African language known as a diving antelope since they stay where they are and doesn't mind when other people or animals walk by.

Zebra Duikers are sometimes spotted as other animals like tigers, or normal zebras from far away.

Where they live What they eat

True or false questions 1) Average adult zebra duikers weigh about 11~15 lbs. )True )False

2) Their life span is about 11~13 years. )True )False

3) Mothers hide their babies for 5~10 months, )True )False

4) As they grow up, their skin turns gold. )True )False

5) Males and females have horns, and the females have bigger horns. )True )False

6) They eat meat and droppings. )True )False

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