Black duikers stand around 500 mm (20 in) tall at the shoulder and weigh 15 to 20 kg (33 to 44 lb).

Black duikers live mainly in lowland rainforest, where they eat fruit, flowers, and leaves which have fallen from the canopy.

The mating season of the black duikers is year round, but more offspring are born from November to January.

The gestation period lasts 126 days, and is thus comparably short, usually only one young is born.

[2] An estimated 100,000 black duikers are left in the world;[1] they are threatened by hunting and are considered to be in decline across their range.