Salt's dik-dik Madoqua saltiana Least concern
Where the Salt's dik-dik lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.
Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 14 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats on the world map
| Scientific name | Madoqua saltiana |
|---|---|
| Group | Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats |
| Status | Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label) |
| Found in | 1 country |
| Continents | Africa |
| Class | Mammal |
| Order | Artiodactyla |
| Family | Bovidae |
Where does the Salt's dik-dik live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Salt's dik-dik in 1 country or territory across Africa.
Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.
Is the Salt's dik-dik endangered?
The Salt's dik-dik’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the Salt's dik-dik?
The Salt's dik-dik (Madoqua saltiana) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Bovidae, genus Madoqua. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the Salt's dik-dik
Salt's dik-dik (Madoqua saltiana) is a small antelope found in semidesert, bushland, and thickets in the Horn of Africa, but marginally also in northern Kenya and eastern Sudan. It is named after Henry Salt, who was the first European to acknowledge the species in Abyssinia in the early 19th century.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Salt's dik-dik (revision 1372132890), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q922138 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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