COMMON DUIKER 



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shoulder about 23 inches. Weight about 40 Ib. The 

 female is as a rule larger than the male and has larger 

 buttocks. 



Duikers vary in size according to the locality, those of 

 the sandy parts of the Transvaal Bushveld being the 

 largest, while those of the Kafue Flats (Northern 

 llhodesia) are small. 



FIG. 95. Albino Duiker. 



There is a partial Albino in the Transvaal Museum 

 from the Pretoria district. It is not pure white, but of 

 a light strawberry roan, owing to a number of the hairs 

 being normal in coloration. The lower part of the legs 

 are normal. A photograph of a pure Albino from 

 Southern Khodesia is also appended. 



The Duiker seems to be distributed over the whole of 

 South Africa, and inhabits open bush country, or the 

 scrub on low kopjes. It is fast, and has a habit of 



