Silver_dikdik

Silver dik-dik

Silver dik-dik

Species of mammal

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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.[1] 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).[3] Its back and flanks are grizzled silvery, while the limbs, ears, and muzzle are ochraceus in colour.[3] Little is known about its status, but numbers are believed to be decreasing.[1]

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).[4][5] 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,[1][6] the silver dik-dik has been suggested as a subspecies of Swayne's dik-dik[4] (itself now usually treated as a subspecies of Salt's dik-dik).[5]

References

  1. [1]
    IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2016). "Madoqua piacentinii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T12667A50190430. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T12667A50190430.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Drake-Brockman, R. E. (1911). "On Antelopes of the Genera Madoqua and Rhynchotragus found in Somaliland". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 81 (4): 978–980. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1911.tb01968.x.
  3. [3]
    Kingdon, J. (1997). The Kingdon Guide to African Mammals. Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-408355-2
  4. [4]
    Ansell, W. F. H. (1972). Order Artiodactyla. Part 15. Pp. 1-84. in: Meester, J., and H. W. Setzer, eds (1972). The mammals of Africa: An identification manualSmithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
  5. [5]
    Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  6. [6]
    Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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