Kirk's dik-dik vs Pencil flower

Madoqua kirkii compared with Stylosanthes guianensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Kirk's dik-dik	Pencil flower
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Fabaceae
Genus	Madoqua	Stylosanthes
Species	Madoqua kirkii	Stylosanthes guianensis

Conservation Status

Kirk's dik-dik

LC — Least Concern

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Kirk's dik-dik	Pencil flower
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Kirk's dik-dik

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in South Africa.

Pencil flower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (8 countries), Asia (7 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).