🐃Kirk's dik-dik
דיקדיק קירקי (שם מדעי: Madoqua kirkii), הוא מין של אנטילופה קטנה בשבט אנטילופות סבך ממשפחת הפריים. הוא תואר מדעית לראשונה בשנת 1880 על ידי הזואולוג הגרמני אלברט גינטר. מקור השם המדעי של הסוג ("Madoqua") הוא מהמילה "medaqqwa" בשפה האמהרית ופירושה הוא "אנטילופה קטנה"; השם המדעי של המין ("kirkii"), הוא על שמו של סר ג'ון קירק (1922-1832) חוקר טבע סקוטי, הקונסול הכללי הבריטי של זנזיבר בין 1880 ל-1887 ורופא במשלחת של דייוויד ליווינגסטון בתוככי אפריקה. דיקדיק קירקי הוא המין הנפוץ והמוכר בסוגו.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 4.83 kg
- Body length
- 0.69 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 17 years
Everything we know about the Kirk's dik-dik
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass4.83 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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By sex
- Female5.13 kgWikidataQ833607
- Male4.59 kgWikidataQ833607
Figures vary
- 5 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.69 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass35 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan17 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 17 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length5.83 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity233 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation172 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 172 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density1.96 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l4.8 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Kirk's dik-dik yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderArtiodactyla
- ›familyBovidae
- ›genusMadoqua
- ›speciesMadoqua kirkii
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- familyBovidae
- genusMadoqua
All 15 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderEven-toed hoofed animals · Artiodactyla
- suborderRuminantia
- infraorderPecora
- familyBovidae
- genusMadoqua
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