Silver dikdik
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The silver dikdik ( Madoqua piacentinii ) is a species from the subfamily of the gazelle-like (Antilopinae).
description
The silver dikdik is between 45 and 50 centimeters long and reaches a shoulder height of 30 to 33 centimeters. The tail is between 3 and 4 centimeters long. It weighs 2 to 3 kilograms. The velvety soft fur is silvery to grayish. Legs, ears and muzzle are sand-colored, the top of the nose often red-brown.
distribution
The silver dikdik occurs in a small distribution area in the coastal, southeastern Somalia from Hobyo to Mogadishu and in the river area of the Shabelle in the Ethiopian Ogaden . In Somalia the animals live mainly in thickets, in the Ogaden also Acacia - Commiphora - savannas .
nutrition
The silver dikdik is a pure herbivore. It feeds on the shoots and leaves of shrubs and herbs.
Danger
The degree of risk is unclear. The species is listed in the Red List of the IUCN under “too little data available” (data deficient).
swell
- Jonathan Kingdon: The Kingdon Pocket Guide to African Mammals. A&C Black Publishers Ltd., London, 2004, ISBN 978-0-7136-6981-7 .
Individual evidence
- ^ RE Drake-Brockman: On Antelopes of the Genera Madoqua and Rhynchotragus found in Somaliland. In: Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London , Vol. 1911, pp. 977-984, 1911. (digitized version )
Web links
- Madoqua piacentinii in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group, 2008. Accessed June 6, 2013.