Madoqua saltiana (de Blainville 1816)

[Antilope] saltiana de Blainville 1816, Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, 1816: 79.

Type Locality: " Abyssinie " (Ethiopia).

Vernacular Names: Salt's Dikdik.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Madoqua saltiana subsp. saltiana de Blainville 1816

Subspecies Madoqua saltiana subsp. hararensis Neumann 1905

Subspecies Madoqua saltiana subsp. lawrancei Drake-Brockman 1926

Subspecies Madoqua saltiana subsp. phillipsi Thomas 1894

Subspecies Madoqua saltiana subsp. swaynei Thomas 1894

Distribution: Djibouti, Eritrea, N Ethiopia, NE Sudan, Somalia.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: The author of the name is usually cited as Desmarest, 1816 (Nouv. Dict. Nat., Nouv. ed., 2:192), who however acknowledged de Blainville's paper and cited the page number where saltiana was named, confirming de Blainville is the author. Smaller species of dikdik were revised by Ansell (1972:62-63) who recognised M. saltiana (including cordeauxi), M. swaynei (including hararensis and piacentinii), and M. phillipsi (including erlangeri, gubanensis, and lawrancei). Revised by Yalden (1978) who synonymised several subspecies and included all these taxa in M. saltiana except for piacentinii, which was treated as a distinct species. Regarded as five evolutionary species ( M. saltiana, M. hararensis, M. lawrancei, M. phillipsi and M. swaynei) by Cotterill (2003 b).