Description

Activity patterns. Nocturnal. During the day, the Eastern Bay Duiker hides in areas with highly restricted visibility (on average, visibility is only 1 - 2 m), such as in buttress roots of large trees, hollow logs, and recent deadfall. Hiding places may be reused from day to day, and are the principal site of rumination. Eastern Bay Duikers will often remain hidden in resting sites even when directly approached. Activity and foraging begin slightly before sunset, between 18: 00 h and 18: 30 h, and cease before dawn, usually between 05: 30 h and 06: 00 h. Most movements occur at the start and end of the night, corresponding with searching for food (19: 00 - 21: 00 h), and then a sheltered location in which to rest for the day is selected in the early morning. Females may travel 1 - 1 - 9 km every night; males average significantly more, at 4 - 3 km per night. Nightly foraging is interrupted 1 - 3 times by short rests averaging 44 minutes; these occur more frequently at the start of the night than at the end.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Bovidae

Genus: Cephalophus

Species: Cephalophus castaneus (Thomas, 1892)