Blue Devil vs Kirk's dik-dik

Echium vulgare compared with Madoqua kirkii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue Devil	Kirk's dik-dik
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Boraginaceae	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Echium	Madoqua
Species	Echium vulgare	Madoqua kirkii

Conservation Status

Blue Devil

LC — Least Concern

Kirk's dik-dik

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue Devil	Kirk's dik-dik
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue Devil

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Lesotho, South Africa), Asia (India, Japan, Uzbekistan), Europe (11 countries), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand), and South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile).

Kirk's dik-dik

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in South Africa.

Blue Devil

The Blue Devil (Echium vulgare) is a species in the genus Echium. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.