Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Tropicale de l’UFR Environnement de l’Université Jean Lorougnon Guédé, Daloa, , BP 150 Daloa, Côte d’Ivoi, Côte d’Ivoire
The conservation and sustainable management of forest ecosystems necessarily involves estimating the animal populations that live there. For decades, several studies have been carried out in the Taï National Park (TNP) to provide information on the dynamics of animal species within this forest massif. This study falls within this framework and aims to estimate the abundance of Zebra duiker Gray, 1838 and Jentink’s duiker Thomas, 1892 according to their proportion of occupation of the sampling sites at the TNP. To achieve this objective, 285 camera traps were deployed, following a systemic setup. This work has made it possible to show that the zebra duiker in the TNP is found mainly in three parts (West, Center and South). As for the distribution of the Jentink’s duiker, it occupies almost the entire extent of the park. Regarding their abundance, the zebra duiker population is estimated at 232, between 138 and 390 individuals. While the population of Jentink’s duiker is estimated at 496 with a minimum of 305 and a maximum of 807 individuals at TNP.