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How old does a Silver dik-dik get? (age expectancy)

What is the maximal age a Silver dik-dik reaches?

An adult Silver dik-dik (Madoqua piacentinii) usually gets as old as 14 years.

When born, they weight 626 grams (1.38 lbs) and measure 2.2 cm (0′ 1″). As a member of the Bovidae family (genus: Madoqua), their offspring is 1 babies per pregnancy. Fully grown, they reach a bodylength of 65.5 cm (2′ 2″).

As a reference: Usually, humans get as old as 100 years, with the average being around 75 years. After being carried in the belly of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks), they grow to an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″) and weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual.

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

Not really brothers and sisters, but from the same biological family (Bovidae):

Animals that reach the same age as Silver dik-dik

With an average age of 14 years, Silver dik-dik are in good companionship of the following animals:

Animals with the same number of babies Silver dik-dik

The same number of babies at once (1) are born by:

Weighting as much as Silver dik-dik

A fully grown Silver dik-dik reaches around 2.5 kg (5.51 lbs). So do these animals: