Exciting endangered duiker spottings?!

• by DZM admin

  Of all the duikers that we are asking Chimp & See volunteers to keep an eye out for, there are two that, as I understand it, are very rare: the zebra duiker and the Jentink's duiker. (I know they're rare because trying to find a licensable picture of either one for the field guide was a nightmare!)

  Today, I'm fairly sure--but correct me if I'm wrong--BOTH were found at Cool Silence 5.

  You can just make out this zebra duiker's hindquarters in ACP0002pya -- found by user @k-s :

  

  And just an hour or so earlier, @Aqua_Fairy found this Jentink's at ACP0002dh1 and ACP0002dh2!

  

  Now, I'm not on the science team, but as far as I can tell, these are our first spottings of duikers classified as Endangered and Vulnerable, respectively, by the IUCN. That, as far as I'm concerned, is pretty darn exciting! 😃

  Posted April 24, 2015 8:53 PM

• by DZM admin

  Update: @anocan found another #Jentink's_duiker !! ACP0002d11

  

  Posted April 24, 2015 9:31 PM

• by jokergirl

  Here's another: ACP00026jf

  

  Posted April 24, 2015 9:56 PM

• by DZM admin in response to jokergirl's comment.

  (P.S., @jokergirl -- there's a way to post mini-screenshots that expand now! 😃 )

  http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/boards/BCP0000001/discussions/DCP000000w

  Great Jentink's duiker find!!

  Posted April 24, 2015 10:01 PM

• by jokergirl

  Thanks - I had just looked it up! 😄

  Posted April 24, 2015 10:06 PM

• by CHaRLieDonTsURf

  http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP00029b4, http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP00029b5, http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP00029b6

  Posted April 25, 2015 3:28 AM

• by DataDroid moderator

  Here's a Zebra Duiker (with what appear to be two monkeys in the background)
  
  http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP0002osr
  
  

  Posted April 25, 2015 3:59 AM

• by anocan

  ACP0002gay

  Zebra duiker! Luckily he stopped just in time to show his stripes.

  Posted April 25, 2015 3:59 PM

• by MimiA scientist, moderator

  These great everyone! Thanks!!!

  Posted April 25, 2015 7:14 PM

• by DataDroid moderator

  Another Zebra Duiker (and two monkeys): http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP0002bgq
  
  

  Posted April 26, 2015 2:30 PM

• by anocan

  ACP0002j18

  Zebra duiker doing an elegant leap.

  Posted April 26, 2015 2:58 PM

• by glashelder

  I came across a pretty clear video of a zebra duiker today.

  ACP000241o

  

  Posted April 26, 2015 8:40 PM

• by glashelder

  And a Jentiks Duiker as well! 😃

  ACP0002u6i

  

  Posted April 26, 2015 9:40 PM

• by DataDroid moderator

  Another Jentik's Duiker: http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP00036ky
  
  

  Posted April 27, 2015 3:00 PM

• by DataDroid moderator

  Yet another Jentink's Duiker (two in one day!): http://talk.chimpandsee.org/#/subjects/ACP0003hv1
  
  

  Posted April 27, 2015 3:15 PM

• by DZM admin

  This thread makes me so happy. 😃

  Posted April 27, 2015 4:26 PM

• by Quia moderator

  They are quite striking! I've noticed, site 1 had a lot of Yellow Backed Duikers(marked as Dark Duiker), and no Jentinks. Sites 5 and 6 we are seeing a lot of Jentinks, and very few Yellow Backed. They're similarly sized, like the same foods (I think), and are nocturnal. I bet they compete with each other quite a bit for territory where their ranges overlap.

  Posted April 27, 2015 5:00 PM

• by DZM admin

  Also, the text on the site is now finally fixed to say "Jentink's" and not "Jentik's," so that's good!

  Posted April 27, 2015 5:11 PM

• by kamadden

  #jentink_duiker @ Red-Water-6
  ACP0003bub

  Posted April 28, 2015 4:36 PM

• by DZM admin in response to kamadden's comment.

  They get the coolest eyeshine, too. 😄

  Posted April 28, 2015 6:34 PM

• by kamadden in response to DZM's comment.

  Eye shine comes from the tapetum lucidum - the layer on the inside of the eye that reflects ambient light, allowing for better vision in low light (night) situations. Nocturnal and crepuscular animals have the tapetum....other diurnal animals do not.

  So cool.

  Posted April 28, 2015 8:26 PM