Madoqua guentheri smithii

(Thomas, 1901)

Vernacular names
English : Guenther’s dik-dik
French : Dikdik de Günther

Classification
Class : Mammalia
Order : Cetartiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Notes : 1 other subspecies known.

Identification
Body length of 68 cm, shoulder height of 35.5 cm, weight of 3.9 kg. Very small antelope with thin legs, small pointed horns and a long proboscis-like nose. Pelage is light grey-beige with beige-brown legs. White circle around eyes.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in eastern Africa, from Somalia and south Ethiopia to north-east Uganda and north Kenya. Subspecies found from south-east Sudan and Ethiopia to north Kenya. Lives in arid and semi-arid thorn-bush savannas.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not listed
Status : This species seems to remain fairly common to locally very common in its range. It occurs in many protected areas.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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