Kirk's dikdik
Madoqua krikii / Kirk's dik-dik
- Habitat
- Dry bush and tree savannahs, but also grasslands
- Continent
- Africa
- Food
- Leaves, young shoots, buds, herbs and grasses
- Gestation/breeding period
- 169 - 174 days
- Mode of life
- monogamous pairs, in zoos also small harems
- Class
- Mammals
- Order
- Artiodactyla
Key facts
~ 40 cm
size
~ 7 kg
weight
~ 15 years
age
How endangered are Kirk's dikdiks?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
-
Least concern Least concern - Near threatened
- Vulnerable
- Endangered
- Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
Did you know?
The Kirk’s dikdik is one of the smallest antelope species in the world.
Kirk's dikdik on the zoo tour
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