Salt's Dik-dik (Madoqua saltiana)

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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.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Salt's Dik-dik being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Madoqua hindei
Madoqua guentheri
Madoqua cavendishi
Madoqua kirkii
Madoqua thomasi

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Madoqua
Species: Madoqua saltiana

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