Blue duikers are "cat-sized antelopes," and my new favorite animal

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There’s also the smallest ungulate, the Chevrotain, or “mouse deer”. They even play a role in Malay mythology.

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Dik-diks are even smaller antelopes, although they don’t appear to be all that closely related to duikers, either taxonomically or linguistically.

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Unsolicited dik-dik pic time!!!

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