Wildlife Wednesday facts:
According to Princeton Field guides there are 12 seperate subspecies do Dik Dik found across Africa.
They are listed as the following.
Gunther’s Dik-dik
Smiths Dik-dik
Kirk’s Dik-dik
Thomas Dik-dik
Cavendish’s Dik-dik
Hinde Dik-dik
Damara Dik-dik
Silver Dik-dik
Salts Dik-dik
Swayne’s Dik-dik
Phillips Dik-dik
And
Harar Dik-dik
How ever only SCI only recognizes
Damara, Gunther, Harar, Kirk, Phillips, and Salt with the Phillips only being entered 3 times with only 1 being entered in the last 3 decades.
According to Princeton I believe there could be some separate subspecies that have been taken as SCI range for species is larger than what Princeton believed
The photos above are of a Gunthers that I took in Ethiopia’s Omo valley and than a Hinde’s from a photo I took in the Arusha national park in Tanzania (info give by Princeton)
I find the wildlife of Africa so fascinating and love diving into books on the subject.
