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silver dik-dik
Sign in to saveAlso known as Madoqua piacentinii, Piacentini's dikdik
species of mammal
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Vinony's link graph records 352 inbound references to silver dik-dik, and connects out to Grant's gazelle, bharal and Ethiopia.
It sits within the topics Fauna of the Horn of Africa, IUCN Red List data deficient species and Madoqua.
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Species
Data Deficientvia IUCN
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- taxon name
- Madoqua piacentinii
- IUCN conservation status
- Data Deficient
- taxon common name
- Silver Dik-Dik
- Commons category
- Madoqua piacentinii
- short name
- M. piacentinii
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Encyclopedic overview
The silver dik-dik (Madoqua piacentinii) is a small antelope found in low, dense thickets along the southeastern coast of Somalia and in Acacia-Commiphora bushland in the Shebelle Valley in southeastern Ethiopia. It is the smallest species of dik-dik, with a length of 45–50 cm (18–20 in), a height of 30–33 cm (12–13 in), and a weight of 2–3 kg (4.4–6.6 lb). Its back and flanks are grizzled silvery, while the limbs, ears, and muzzle are ochraceus in colour. Little is known about its status, but numbers are believed to be decreasing.
Together with the closely related Salt's dik-dik, this species forms the subgenus Madoqua in the genus Madoqua (other dik-diks are also in the genus Madoqua, but the subgenus Rhynchotragus). The taxonomy of this subgenus is complex and a matter of dispute. Though most recent authorities treat the silver dik-dik as a monotypic species, the silver dik-dik has been suggested as a subspecies of Swayne's dik-dik (itself now usually treated as a subspecies of Salt's dik-dik).
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