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Madoqua kirkii |
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Africa African Safari African Wildlife Animals Dark Continent EAC East Africa East African Community Eastern Africa Fauna Kirk's Dik-dik Madoqua kirkii Nature Outdoors Safari Style Sub-Saharan Africa Tanzania Tanzanian Safari Tarangire National Park United Republic of Tanzania Vertical Wildlife Images Pictures Pics Photographs Fotos Stock Photos |
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Tarangire National Park, Tanzania - The Kirk's Dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii), is a small antelope found in eastern and southwestern Africa. Genetic and behavioural evidence suggests that the Kirk's dik-dik exhibits a fidelity in monogamous behaviour. Genetic analysis of off-spring indicate little non-pair parentage. Year-round, Kirk's dik-dik maintains close within pairs, follows each-others activity patterns and spends more than half of their time with their partners, although males show no parental care. The males guard their mates closely during oestrus and over-mark all female scent. This behaviour reduces the likelihood of other males attempting to mate, however, males did attempt mate with other females on occasion. Genetic monogamy in dik-diks is probably best explained by the behaviour of females: in contrast to many monogamous female birds, female dik-diks do not appear to seek to mate outside the pair-bond.
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Tarangire National Park |
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Tanzania |
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8.0
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1/200s
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400
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Focal Length: |
560.0mm
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Image ID: |
Tanzania_2542-Madoqua_kirkii |
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