THE DIK-DIKS 



General Somali name, Sagaro or Sakdro 



I. PHILLIPS'S DIK-DIK 

 Madoqua phillipsi, Thos. 



Somali name, Gol Ass 



Description. — The general colour of this little antelope is 

 grey above, cinnamon on sides fading to creamy white below. 

 The frontal tuft of hair is rufous. The cinnamon on the sides 

 varies considerably in extent according to the locality and sex. 

 In the Guban specimens the grey of the back extends further 

 on to the legs and sides and the cinnamon colour is very much 

 paler, almost passing into a buff. The males from Ogo and 

 Ogo-Guban are very much brighter in colour than the Guban 

 ones — sometimes differing so much as to appear to be a distinct 

 species.* 



Measurements of an adult male shot near Upper Sheikh : 



Head and body . . .... 2o| in. 



Height at shoulder 14 » 



Ear . 2j „ 



Tail (with terminal hair) . • • • 3 .. 



Horns : 



Length 2f in. 



Tip to tip li „ 



Circumference . i^ „ 



Distribution.— This Dik-Dik is ubiquitous in Northern 



* I have, since writing the above, given the Guban variety subspecific rank, 

 under the name M. phillipsi gubanensis (vide Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 Ser. 8, vol. iv., July 1909). 



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