Perception Channels: tactile ; chemical
The biggest current threat to Bate's dwarf antelopes is human expansion. The loss of habitat due to clearing for farmland could have a very negative effect on their populations in the future.
(Grizmek 1988; Nowak 1999)
US Federal List: no special status
CITES: no special status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: least concern
Bate's dwarf antelopes are known to eat crops such as peanuts. The overall economic damage from this herbivory is minimal.
(Grizmek 1988; Nowak 1999)
The meat of N. batesi is edible, although quite dry. They are not often hunted for meat but, in some cases, farmers will kill and eat limited numbers.
(Grizmek 1988; Nowak 1999)
The diet of N. batesi consists of leaves, buds, shoots, fungus, and limited amounts of grasses and herbs. They also eat human food crops, such as peanuts, in areas where humans have intruded into their natural habitats. They are often caught in snares surrounding agricultural fields.
(Grizmek 1988; Nowak 1999)
Neotragus batesi occurs throughout the lowland forest zone from southeastern Nigeria to western Uganda.
Biogeographic Regions: ethiopian (Native )
Neotragus batesi is most often found in moist forest and brush.
Terrestrial Biomes: forest
Bate's dwarf antelopes are very small antelopes weighing from 2-3 kg. Body length ranges between 500 and 575 mm, with a tail length of 45 to 50 mm. Dwarf antelope males possess horns that extend back over their head on the same plane as the face. These horns are usually brown or fawn in color and are about 38 to 50 mm long. The coat is a shiny dark chestnut on the back becoming lighter toward the flanks. Males are only slightly larger, on average, than females.
(Grizmek 1988; Nowak 1999)
Range mass: 2 to 3 kg.
Other Physical Features: endothermic ; homoiothermic; bilateral symmetry
Mating occurs throughout the year with peaks in the late dry and early wet seasons. The gestation period of N. batesi is thought to be 180 days. One young is born per gestation with a birth weight of between 1.6 and 2.4 kg.
(Grizmek 1988; Nowak 1999)
Range number of offspring: 1 (low) .
Average number of offspring: 1.
Range gestation period: 6 (low) months.
Average gestation period: 6 months.
Average weaning age: 2 months.
Key Reproductive Features: gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate); sexual
Parental Investment: altricial
