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Namibia

Characteristics:
Shoulder height 30 - 40 cm / 12 -16 inch, body weight 3 - 5 kg / 3,5 -11 ib.. The Dik-Dik, mentioned also wind game antelope, is truly a tiny antelope. Remarkable are the big ears; between that there are small, pointed horns (only the buck) and a forehead bunch of hairs. The Dik-Dik does are stronger in the build.

Colouring:
The head is brightness rust-red, the forehead bunch of hair is black and white drawn, iron- to reddish-gray hide, the abdominal hide is white, the under legs are brightness rust-red.

Habitat:
Bush landscapes and thickets are the living space of these small antelope. Here they find cover and protection against animal predators.

Occurrence:
This sweet diminutive animals occur regionally quite frequently in Namibia.

Main food:
Mainly leaves and young shoots of acacias, which it grazes as well as roots and bulbs that they dig up.

Horns:
Only the buck carries up to 8 cm /3.5 inch small, pointed and upright horns.

Habits:
Dik-Dik stand mostly pair wise on tiny territories and behave dawn-active. They are quite curious and resist vehicles very long so that photographers have it easy to take a picture of them. In the case of danger they flee in fast zigzag jumps.