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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | Not Listed |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| 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:
An inhabitant of moist lowland forest, this species prefers dense, low undergrowth along rivers, tree falls within mature forests, areas regenerating after logging or cultivation, road sides, village-gardens and plantations (Feer 2013). They are folivorous, and most often solitary.
Range:
Bates's Pygmy Antelope is found in three disjunct regions: southeastern Nigeria, east of the Niger River to the Cross River; Cameroon (south of the Sanaga River) to southwestern Central African Republic (west of the Sangha River), Gabon, and northwestern and southwestern Republic of Congo; and northeastern DR Congo (north and east of the Congo-Lualaba), extending marginally into southwestern Uganda (Feer 2013).
Conservation:
Major protected area populations include those in Dja and Lobeke (Cameroon), Monte Alén (Equatorial Guinea), Dzanga-Sangha (Central African Republic), Odzala (Congo), Lope (Gabon), Okapi Faunal Reserve, Maiko and Kahuzi-Biega (Congo-DRC), and Kibale and Semliki (Uganda). These reserves receive very unequal levels of protection and management (Feer 2013).