We can only see this small and little-known antelope in Spain at BIOPARC Valencia.
last fall A Natal Red Duiker was born for the first time in Spain in BIOPARC and this spring one did it second calf that can now be seen with its family group in the Equatorial Africa area in one of the characteristic multispecies enclosures of the Valencian park, along with other antelopes, the oriental Bongos (Tragelaphus euryceros isaaci) which is in an extreme situation of extinction and with the Kirk's Dik-dik, the smallest antelope in Africa. Species of animals unknown to many people that BIOPARC, as part of its objectives, brings us closer to discovering them, knowing their degree of threat and admiring, loving and conserving the beauty of wild nature as a way of commitment to the preservation of the planet's biodiversity.
It is the second breeding of Red Duiker as a result of the European conservation program (ESB) for its species.
Its parents are two specimens that arrived from Germany, the male from the Zoologischer Garten und Aquarium Berlin and the female from the Tiergarten Nürnberg. He Natal red duiker (Cephalophus natalensis) belongs to the genus Cephalophus of which there are 15 species, only two of them can be seen in European zoological institutions and only one, the C. natalensis has a European conservation program (ESB). In Europe there are a total of 35 specimens of this subspecies and In Spain it is only possible to see these animals in BIOPARC Valencia.
El Natal red duiker It is relatively smaller than other duikers. Its fur is bright brown, except on the underparts, which are lighter. They have a characteristic tuft of hair on their head that is generally dark brown, the tail is reddish with a black and white tuft. It is territorial and usually lives in pairs, in pairs with a young, or solitary.
This little antelope It is native to Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zambia It is on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List. at the moment with a lower risk of extinction, although, if current trends persist, the Red Duiker may disappear from substantial parts of its current area of occupancy.
