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East Africa from Southern Somaliland to Ngogo, and seems to be most 

 plentiful near the littoral. The longest horns hitherto recorded are a pair 

 in the possession of Mr. F. J. Jackson, measuring 3 inches. The general 

 colouring of this dik-dik is grayish-fawn, tinged with rufous. The legs 

 are rufous. It is fond of bush, and is obtained mostly with the shot-gun. 

 With a few natives to drive, very good sport can be obtained with these 

 diminutive antelopes. The paa is practically independent of water, and is 

 found throughout the year, says Mr. Jackson, " in the driest and most arid 

 wildernesses." The flesh has a strong flavour of musk, and is extremely 

 unpalatable. 



Cavendish's Dik-Dik [M. cavendishi) 



This is a species of which at present very little is known. Mr. 

 H. S. H. Cavendish obtained it in 1897, during his expedition from 

 Somaliland to the region of Lake Rudolf. Mr. Oldfield Thomas has 

 described it (P.Z.S., 1898, pp. 278, 279) as "allied to Madoqua kirki by 

 general character of skull. Size decidedly larger, so that the new form 

 equals and perhaps exceeds damarensis. Colour dark fawn, 1 grayish 

 posteriorly, and quite ashy-gray on sides of rump." 



Gunther's Dik-Dik (M. guentheri) 



Somali Name, Sakaro gussuli 



This is another of the dik-diks found in East Africa. In colour this 

 species differs from Salt's, Swayne's, and Phillips's dik-diks, and is of a 

 grayish-fawn, exhibiting much less of the rufous tint. The nose is much 

 more prolonged than in those species, and more proboscis-like in character, 

 resembling almost the snout of a small tapir. This antelope is found upon 



1 There seems to have been some confusion among the skins collected by Mr. Cavendish, but there 



