Madoqua saltiana (de Blainville 1816)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 683

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).