Pencil flower vs Piacentini's Dikdik

Stylosanthes guianensis compared with Madoqua piacentinii

Key Differences

• Pencil flower is Least Concern while Piacentini's Dikdik is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Pencil flower

LC — Least Concern

Piacentini's Dikdik

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Pencil flower	Piacentini's Dikdik
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Piacentini's Dikdik

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.