THE DIK-DIKS 
giint fieri), the range of both of which extends from Somaliland into 
British East Africa. Several local races of both these species have been 
recognized by British and German naturalists, but they differ but slightly 
from the type species. In East Africa there occurs yet another species of 
dik-dik, which, though it resembles Kirk’s dik-dik, is distinguished 
from it by its larger size and less elongated nose. This species has been 
named Cavendish’s dik-dik ( Madoqua [ Rhynchotragus ] cavendishi ), after its 
discoverer, Mr H. S. H. Cavendish. All these species of dik-diks are 
inhabitants of Eastern Africa, their range extending from Abyssinia to 
German East Africa. There is, however, one West African species of 
dik-dik, namely, the Damara dik-dik {Madoqua [ Rhynchotragus ] damarensis ), 
in which there are three lobes to the last lower tooth. This dik-dik, as its 
name implies, is an inhabitant of Damaraland, in South-West Africa, its 
range extending northwards into Southern Angola. In Size, colour and 
general appearance it closely resembles Cavendish’s dik-dik, from which 
species it is, however, probably specifically distinct, as a vast extent of 
country in which no dik-diks of any kind are present separates the ranges 
of the two forms. 
I have personally met with Cavendish’s, Kirk’s and Gunther’s dik-diks, 
and various local races of the two last-named species in different parts of 
British East Africa, and in their habits I found them all very similar; 
indeed, along the Northern Gwas N’yiro River, between Archer’s Post 
and the Lorian Swamp, I met with two distinct species of dik-diks living 
together in the same area. One of these has been named by Dr Drake - 
Brockman Rhynchotragus giintheri wroughtoni , and the other Rhynchotragus 
cavendishi minor by the Swedish naturalist, Dr Lonnberg. 
Speaking generally, dik-diks live in thick, scrubby bush, but feed out 
into open grassy glades in the evenings and early mornings. They are, 
however, browsers rather than grazers, living principally if not entirely 
on the leaves and young twigs of various shrubs. They may sometimes be 
seen standing on their hind legs like goats or gerenuks, with their forefeet 
resting against the trunks or branches of trees in order to reach the food 
they covet. They are all most beautiful and dainty little creatures of various 
shades of grey and fawn, standing from fourteen to sixteen inches at the 
shoulder. In all the East African dik-diks the adult female is quite 
noticeably larger than the adult male. Dik-diks appear to me to be 
independent of water, as they are often met with in the most arid districts. 
Wherever they are plentiful, large heaps of their droppings will be found, 
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