It is hard to guess what a Silver dik-dik weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Silver dik-dik (Madoqua piacentinii) on average weights 2.5 kg (5.51 lbs).
The Silver dik-dik is from the family Bovidae (genus: Madoqua). They can live for up to 14 years. When reaching adult age, they grow up to 65.5 cm (2′ 2″). Usually, Silver dik-diks have 1 babies per litter.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The silver dik-dik (Madoqua piacentinii) is a small antelope found in low, dense thickets along the southeastern coast of Somalia and in Acacia-Commiphora bushland in the Shebelle Valley in southeastern Ethiopia. It is the smallest species of dik-dik, with a length of 45–50 cm (18–20 in), a height of 30–33 cm (12–13 in), and a weight of 2–3 kg (4.4–6.6 lb). Its back and flanks are grizzled silvery, while the limbs, ears, and muzzle are ochraceus in colour. Little is known about its status, but numbers are believed to be decreasing.Together with the closely related Salt’s dik-dik, this species forms the subgenus Madoqua in the genus Madoqua (other dik-diks are also in the genus Madoqua, but the subgenus Rhynchotragus). The taxonomy of this subgenus is complex and a matter of dispute. Though most recent authorities treat the silver dik-dik as a monotypic species, the silver dik-dik has been suggested as a subspecies of Swayne’s dik-dik (itself now usually treated as a subspecies of Salt’s dik-dik).
Animals of the same family as a Silver dik-dik
We found other animals of the Bovidae family:
- Red hartebeest bringing 176.12 kilos (388.28 lbs) to the scale
- Himalayan goral bringing 28.75 kilos (63.38 lbs) to the scale
- Jentink’s duiker bringing 68 kilos (149.91 lbs) to the scale
- Kob bringing 79.77 kilos (175.86 lbs) to the scale
- Arabian gazelle bringing 18.06 kilos (39.82 lbs) to the scale
- Steenbok bringing 11.64 kilos (25.66 lbs) to the scale
- Salt’s dik-dik bringing 3.4 kilos (7.5 lbs) to the scale
- Aders’s duiker bringing 9.25 kilos (20.39 lbs) to the scale
- Blue duiker bringing 4.86 kilos (10.71 lbs) to the scale
- American bison bringing 622.29 kilos (1371.91 lbs) to the scale
Animals with the same weight as a Silver dik-dik
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Madoqua piacentinii:
- Omilteme cottontail with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Egyptian mongoose with a weight of 3 kilos (6.61 lbs)
- Granada hare with a weight of 2.33 kilos (5.14 lbs)
- Azara’s agouti with a weight of 2.98 kilos (6.57 lbs)
- Pale fox with a weight of 2.8 kilos (6.17 lbs)
- Kinkajou with a weight of 2.45 kilos (5.4 lbs)
- American hog-nosed skunk with a weight of 2.58 kilos (5.69 lbs)
- Nilgiri marten with a weight of 2.04 kilos (4.5 lbs)
- Large bamboo rat with a weight of 2.5 kilos (5.51 lbs)
- Striped skunk with a weight of 2.4 kilos (5.29 lbs)
Animals with the same litter size as a Silver dik-dik
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Silver dik-dik:
- Javan slit-faced bat
- Black-crested Sumatran langur
- Urial
- Kerivoula hardwickei
- Southern African vlei rat
- Central American squirrel monkey
- Black bearded saki
- Daubenton’s bat
- Painted ringtail possum
- Golden snub-nosed monkey
Animals with the same life expectancy as a Silver dik-dik
Completely different animals, but becoming as old as a Silver dik-dik:
- Pampas fox with an average maximal age of 13.67 years
- Suni with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Quokka with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Grey rhebok with an average maximal age of 12.25 years
- Markhor with an average maximal age of 14 years
- Striped skunk with an average maximal age of 12.92 years
- Greater bamboo lemur with an average maximal age of 12 years
- Indian pangolin with an average maximal age of 13.5 years
- Greater mouse-deer with an average maximal age of 16.25 years
- Maned sloth with an average maximal age of 12 years