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title: "Saltdikdik"
description: "Madoqua saltiana — Zoogdieren. Salt's dik-dik (Madoqua saltiana) is a small antelope found in semidesert, bushland, and thickets in the Horn of Africa, but marginally also in northern Kenya and eastern Sudan."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/salt-s-dik-dik
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Saltdikdik

> Madoqua saltiana — Zoogdieren. Salt's dik-dik (Madoqua saltiana) is a small antelope found in semidesert, bushland, and thickets in the Horn of Africa, but marginally also in northern Kenya and eastern Sudan.

- Scientific name: *Madoqua saltiana*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne), `desert` (Woestijn)
- iNaturalist observations: 127
- Wikidata: [Q922138](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q922138)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42362](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42362)

## Names

- en: Salt's Dik-dik
- de: Windspielantilope
- es: Dic-dic de Salt
- fr: Dik-dik de Salt
- nl: Saltdikdik
- pl: Dikdik

## Countries with the most observations

ET (90), SO (20), DJ (5)

## Summary

Salt's dik-dik (Madoqua saltiana) is a small antelope found in semidesert, bushland, and thickets in the Horn of Africa, but marginally also in northern Kenya and eastern Sudan. It is named after Henry Salt, who was the first European to acknowledge the species in Abyssinia in the early 19th century.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt%27s_dik-dik

## Photo

![Saltdikdik](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/salt-s-dik-dik/medium.jpg)

Photo: neotrigonia · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9877043

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/salt-s-dik-dik?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).