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A dik-dik is the name for any of four species of small antelope in the genus Madoqua, which live in the bushlands of eastern and southern Africa. [1]Dik-diks stand about 30–40 centimetres (12–15.5 in) at the shoulder, are 50–70 cm (19.5–27.5 in) long, weigh 3–6 kilograms (6.6–13.2 lb) and can live for up to 10 years.
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. [1] It is named after Henry Salt , who was the first European to acknowledge the species in Abyssinia in the early 19th century.
Kirk's dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii) is a species of small dik-dik antelope native to Eastern and Southern Africa. [1] [2] It is believed to have six subspecies and possibly a seventh existing in southwest Africa. [3] Dik-diks are herbivores, typically of a fawn color that aids in camouflaging themselves in savannah habitats. [3]
Günther's dik-dik is one of the smallest ungulates in Africa, weighing 3–5 kilograms (6.6–11.0 lb) when fully grown. It has a yellowish-gray to reddish-brown coat, black hooves, small heads with long necks and large ears with white insides.
Madoqua piacentinii Drake-Brockman, 1911 [ 2 ] 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 ]
In 1971, the animal and plant regulatory functions were separated from ARS to create a new entity known as Animal and Plant Health Services. In 1972, the meat and poultry inspection divisions of the Consumer and Marketing Service (later known as the Agricultural Marketing Service) were added to APHS, thus creating the contemporary APHIS. [9] [1]