SALT'S DIK-DIK 



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Head of S-ills Dik dik 



SALT'S DIK-DIK (Madoqua saltiana). 



This species, the Beni Israel of the Arabs, is the tj'pical representa- 

 tive of a group of tiny, slenderly-built antelopes characterised by the 

 elongated, trunk-like nose, of which the tip is almost entirel)- hairy, the 

 tuft of hair on the crown of the head, the short and almost rudiment- 

 ar}' tail, and the minute size of the lateral hoofs. In the present 

 species the last tooth in the lower jaw lacks the third lobe found in 

 almost all ruminants, the trunk is but moderately developed, and the 

 general colour fulvous or rufous fawn, scarcel)- more rufous on the 

 sides than on the back. Height at the shoulder, 14 or 15 inches. 

 Distribution. — The Coast Range of Eastern Ab}-ssinia, and adjacent 

 districts of Somaliland. 



J.cn;;lh Circiiin- Tip to 



on front. ffri:ncc. Tip. 



Loc.llity. 



3 I I Ab}'ssinia 



2:'t I I Do. 



2j ... ij Do. 



2A- li ... North Kass.il.a 



2^ ... ig ? 



Owner. 



.Sir Eilnumd G. Loder, Bart. 



Rowland ^Vard. 



.Sir Victor lirooke's Collection. 



Col. Ralph \"ivian. 



Rrilish Museum. 



