Animalz

Madoqua

  • Cavendish's Dik-dik Madoqua cavendishi
    Cavendish's Dik-dik
    Photo: Brooke Smith · CC BY 4.0

    The current Mammal Diversity Database account places this dik-dik in eastern Uganda, southwestern Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania. A study at Mpala in central Kenya was conducted in semi-arid Acacia bushland.

  • Damara Dik-dik Madoqua damarensis
    Damara Dik-dik
    Photo: Viktor · (c) Viktor, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0

    Madoqua damarensis ranges from northern and northwestern Namibia into southwestern Angola. In the northern Namibian population recorded under the former name M. kirkii damarensis, males had forehead crests reaching between the horns and browsed leaves and twigs in dense shrub thicket.

  • Günther's Dik-dik Madoqua guentheri
    Günther's Dik-dik
    Photo: Just chaos · CC BY 2.0

    Günther’s dik-dik is a small antelope of the drylands of East Africa. It selects leaves and other plant parts from shrubs and trees.

  • Kirk's dik-dik Madoqua kirkii
    Kirk's dik-dik
    Photo: Yathin S Krishnappa · CC BY-SA 3.0

    A tiny antelope of East and southwestern Africa, living among shrubs and savannah vegetation.

  • Salt's Dik-dik Madoqua saltiana
    Salt's Dik-dik
    Photo: Tony King · (c) Tony King, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0

    This small antelope occurs in dry areas of Ethiopia, Somalia, and northeastern Sudan. Coat color varies among subspecies, and it browses mainly on acacia.

  • Thomas's Dik-dik Madoqua thomasi
    Thomas's Dik-dik
    Photo: Donald Hampton · CC BY-SA 4.0

    This small antelope occurs in northern and central Tanzania. Its coat is described as strongly russet, especially on the flanks. A 2023 field-trip report recorded it frequently in scrubby woodland in Usangu.

  • Phillips's dik-dik Madoqua phillipsi

    Phillips's dik-dik was recorded around Berbera in northern Somaliland. Nineteenth-century accounts describe a grey back, reddish-brown flanks, and animals springing away through bushes.

  • Piacentini's Dikdik Madoqua piacentinii

    This small antelope has a silvery coat. Field records place it in Ethiopia's Ogaden region.

  • Swayne's dik-dik Madoqua swaynei

    Swayne's dik-dik was recorded in northern Somaliland. Historical accounts describe it using low mimosa scrub and aloe undergrowth rather than open grass plains, and giving a whistling alarm when disturbed.

  • Günther's Dik-dik Madoqua guentheri

    Günther’s dik-dik is a small antelope of the drylands of East Africa. It selects leaves and other plant parts from shrubs and trees.

  • Kirk's dik-dik Madoqua kirkii

    A tiny antelope of East and southwestern Africa, living among shrubs and savannah vegetation.

  • Thomas's Dik-dik Madoqua thomasi

    This small antelope occurs in northern and central Tanzania. Its coat is described as strongly russet, especially on the flanks. A 2023 field-trip report recorded it frequently in scrubby woodland in Usangu.

  • Damara Dik-dik Madoqua damarensis

    Madoqua damarensis ranges from northern and northwestern Namibia into southwestern Angola. In the northern Namibian population recorded under the former name M. kirkii damarensis, males had forehead crests reaching between the horns and browsed leaves and twigs in dense shrub thicket.

  • Cavendish's Dik-dik Madoqua cavendishi

    The current Mammal Diversity Database account places this dik-dik in eastern Uganda, southwestern Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania. A study at Mpala in central Kenya was conducted in semi-arid Acacia bushland.

  • Salt's Dik-dik Madoqua saltiana

    This small antelope occurs in dry areas of Ethiopia, Somalia, and northeastern Sudan. Coat color varies among subspecies, and it browses mainly on acacia.