Friday 6 March 2020

THE ENDANGERED THE ABBOT'S DUIKER

The Abbott's duiker, also known as minde in Swahili, is a large, forest-dwelling duiker found only in a few scattered enclaves in Tanzania. The main non-human predator of Abbott’s duiker is the leopard although young are hunted by African crowned eagles and pythons. In the Udzungwa Mountains, the lion and spotted hyena are also predators. it is now only known from Mt. Kilimanjaro, Ilole forest in the Rubeho Mountains, the Udzungwa Mountains and the Southern Highlands

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