Walter’s Duiker

Common name : Freetambo

Scientific name : Philantomba walteri

Family : Bovidae

Native to : Togo, Benin and Nigeria

Interesting fact : Its name commemorates Professor Walter Verheyen, who was the first to obtain a specimen of this species of duiker from Togo.

Conservation status : Not Evaluated

It measures under 40 cm tall at the shoulder, and weighs between 4 and 6 kg. Its diet consists of leaves, shoots, fruits, insects or small rodents and birds. Even though it is not a grazing animal yet its hind limbs are longer than its forelimbs. Very little is known about this species due to its recent discovery.

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