Red forest duiker

Weight

10 kg – 12 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

15.1 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

15.2 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

213 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

1.37src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The red forest duiker is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderArtiodactyla
5. familyBovidae
6. genusCephalophus
7. SpeciesCephalophus natalensis A. Smith, 1834

Synonyms Cephalophus natalensis natalensis

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataIUCN Red List

NT, Near Threatened

Yellow-backed duiker

Cephalophus silvicultor

Bovidae

NT, Near Threatened

Bay duiker

Cephalophus dorsalis

Bovidae

LC, Least Concern

Red-flanked duiker

Cephalophus rufilatus

Bovidae

EN, Endangered

Jentink's duiker

Cephalophus jentinki

Bovidae

LC, Least Concern

Black duiker

Cephalophus niger

Bovidae

LC, Least Concern

Black-fronted duiker

Cephalophus nigrifrons

Bovidae

CompareRed forest duiker vs Yellow-backed duikerRed forest duiker vs Bay duikerRed forest duiker vs Red-flanked duikerRed forest duiker vs Jentink's duiker

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@misc{red_forest_duiker_2026,
  title = {Red forest duiker (Cephalophus natalensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-forest-duiker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}