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title: "Light-backed Duiker"
description: "Cephalophus silvicultor — Mammals. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/light-backed-duiker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Light-backed Duiker

> Cephalophus silvicultor — Mammals. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Cephalophus silvicultor*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 296
- Wikidata: [Q755744](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q755744)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42294](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42294)

## Names

- en: Light-backed Duiker
- de: Gelbrückenducker
- es: Duiquero De Lomo Amarillo
- fr: Céphalophe à dos jaune
- nl: Geelrugduiker
- pl: Dujker żółtopręgi

## Countries with the most observations

CF (161), GA (49), CG (11), CD (8), UG (6), CI (4)

## Photo

![Light-backed Duiker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/light-backed-duiker/medium.jpg)

Photo: User:Izvora · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cephalophus_silvicultor.png

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/light-backed-duiker?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).