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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| Est. World Population: | 2000 |
| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Endangered |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
Jentink’s Duiker occurs predominantly in primary high forest, but it may enter adjacent secondary growth, plantations and farmbush (East 1999, Wilson 2001). Its most basic requirements appear to be a diversity of fruiting trees and very dense shelter rather than a specific forest type (Kingdon 1997).
Feeds on many fruits, including those with hard shells, nuts, stems of tree seedlings and may consume cocoa pods, mangoes and palm nuts in plantations (Hoppe-Dominik 2013).
Feeds on many fruits, including those with hard shells, nuts, stems of tree seedlings and may consume cocoa pods, mangoes and palm nuts in plantations (Hoppe-Dominik 2013).
Range:
Confined to the western part of the Upper Guinea Forest, from Sierra Leone through Liberia to the Niouniourou river in western Côte d’Ivoire (East 1999, Hoppe-Dominik 2013) and in south-eastern Guinea (Bützler 1994, Brugière 2012).
In Sierra Leone it was positively reported for the first time in 1989 in the Western Area Forest Reserve, the southern part of the Freetown Peninsula, adjacent to the capital city, Freetown (Davies and Birkenhager 1990). Camera trap evidence has shown that it is still present there (Garriga and McKenna 2014). They have also recently been photographed in Gola Rainforest National Park (Ganas and Lindsell 2010) and are previously reported in the Mokanji Hills, Loma Mountains, and Tingi Hills (Hoppe-Dominik 2013).
Occurred widely in eastern Liberia, along the Sehnkwehn River, the Sinoe river and Buto Oil Palm Plantation (Kranz and Glumac 1983). It is present in Sapo NP (Vogt 2011) and has been recorded in Grebo National Forest and Krahn-Bassa National Forest (Hoppe-Dominik 2013).
In Côte d’Ivoire its stronghold is in Taï National Park in the south-west, and adjacent and the nearby Haut Dodo, Rapid Grah, Cavally-Gouin and Scio Classified Forests (Hoope-Dominik 2013).
Distribution in Guinea is restricted to the far south-east, it has been recorded in Ziama Biosphere Reserve and Diécké Forest (Bützler 1994) and Mont Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (Brugière 2012).
In Sierra Leone it was positively reported for the first time in 1989 in the Western Area Forest Reserve, the southern part of the Freetown Peninsula, adjacent to the capital city, Freetown (Davies and Birkenhager 1990). Camera trap evidence has shown that it is still present there (Garriga and McKenna 2014). They have also recently been photographed in Gola Rainforest National Park (Ganas and Lindsell 2010) and are previously reported in the Mokanji Hills, Loma Mountains, and Tingi Hills (Hoppe-Dominik 2013).
Occurred widely in eastern Liberia, along the Sehnkwehn River, the Sinoe river and Buto Oil Palm Plantation (Kranz and Glumac 1983). It is present in Sapo NP (Vogt 2011) and has been recorded in Grebo National Forest and Krahn-Bassa National Forest (Hoppe-Dominik 2013).
In Côte d’Ivoire its stronghold is in Taï National Park in the south-west, and adjacent and the nearby Haut Dodo, Rapid Grah, Cavally-Gouin and Scio Classified Forests (Hoope-Dominik 2013).
Distribution in Guinea is restricted to the far south-east, it has been recorded in Ziama Biosphere Reserve and Diécké Forest (Bützler 1994) and Mont Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (Brugière 2012).
Conservation:
Listed on CITES Appendix I. The long-term survival of Jentink’s Duiker is closely linked to effective protection in the remaining blocks of primary forest, in particular Taï NP, Cavally-Gouin and other forest reserves in Côte d'Ivoire; Sapo NP, Gola, Grebo Krahn-Bassa, and Senkwehn National Forests in Liberia (all of which are proposed national parks); Western Area Forest Reserve and Gola Rainforest NP in Sierra Leone, and Ziama Biosphere Reserve in Guinea. Mount Nimba is also likely to be an important site.