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Salt's dik-dik - MADOQUA SALTIANA
Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia)
The Name "Dik-dik": "Dik-dik" is the eastern African word for the animal, probably derived from the sound it makes.
Location: Eastern Africa.
Habitat:Terrestrial. Scrub and wooded savanna.
Description: One distinctive feature of this antelope is that the hind legs are considerably longer than the front legs. The neck and back are usually gray, and the flanks tend to reddish (the extent of this reddish color varies considerably over the geographic range of the species). On the forehead a tuft of erect hairs forms a crest, which partly covers the small two-inch horns. Each eye is surrounded by a conspicuous white ring, and in front of this there is a hairless glandular area. Length of head and body is over two feet, with a shoulder height of 16 inches. It weighs up to eight pounds.
Behavior: This dik-dik is active at night or at dusk, and is very shy, fleeing at the slightest sign of danger. It is solitary and lives in well-defined small territories. It feeds on leaves and shoots, particularly those of acacia trees. The sound it emits resembles that of a bird. It is difficult to observe this animal, even where numerous.
Reproduction: Unknown.
Go to the Artiodactyla Page to learn more about all the even-toed hoofed animals.
Go to the Kirk's Dik-dik for
the only other Dik-dik listed in America Zoo.
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