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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Antilopinae — the dik-dik and related small antelopes.

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Examples

  • A: Right now the Madoqua Bot can give you the embed code for putting a wave on a public web page.

    Frequently Asked Questions About Google Wave | Lifehacker Australia 2010

  • In the woodlands are warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus, sitatunga T. spekei, grey duiker Sylvicapra grimmia, impala Aepyceros melampus and Kirk's dikdik Madoqua kirkii.

    Serengeti National Park, Tanzania 2008

  • Two strictly endemic mammals are also found, the silver dik-dik (Madoqua piacentinii, VU) and the Somali golden mole (Chlorotalpa tytonis, CR).

    Hobyo grasslands and shrublands 2007

  • In almost all other ways the flora and fauna of the ecoregion is unremarkable although populations of the Dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas), Soemmerring's gazelle (Gazella soemmerringii) and Salt's dikdik (Madoqua saltiana) occur, and the area is located within the Somali-Masai regional center of plant endemism.

    Eritrean coastal desert 2007

  • A number of rare larger mammals are also found: dibatag (Ammodorcas clarkei, VU), Soemmerrings gazelle (Gazella soemmerringii, VU), Salts dikdik (Madoqua saltiana) and Speke's gazelle (Gazella spekei, VU).

    Hobyo grasslands and shrublands 2007

  • Because we are going to Africa to hunt for another specimen of Madoqua harpent, to vindicate the honour of the family.,

    The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995

  • "Madoqua harperii, no less," Nicholas whispered to her.

    The Seventh Scroll Smith, Wilbur 1995

  • Madoqua, is said to be the smallest of all horned animals -- being not so large as an English hare!

    Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Mayne Reid 1850

  • Black-striped bush-boc; and in Abyssinia, the Madoqua, or Abyssinian bush-goat, of a yellow colour.

    Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys Mayne Reid 1850

  • Other large mammal species found within the ecoregion are kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros LR), springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis LR), gemsbok (Oryx gazella LR), Damara dik-diks (Madoqua kirkii), and black-faced impala (Aepyceros melampus petersi VU).

    Namibian savanna woodlands 2008

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