Here we have my latest Antelope Character (Ki-ki-re E-wah-Reer-ri), Or just Keke (Kiki) for short.
 
She is a Dik-Dik Antelope, the smallest Antelope species on Earth. A little over a foot tall!  
In the language of Yoruba her name means “Small Curiosity”.  
She basically represents my own curiosity and wonder of how grand the rest of the world is.
 
 
Her Bio.
 
A rather adventurous soul Kekere is, she is always curious about the world around her and how amazingly gigantic it looks from her perspective.  
Shes always exploring the crevasses, logs, grasses and rock outcroppings among the plains, sometimes finding herself in completely new, strange and amazing places shes never seen before.  
Sometimes getting into a dire situation, she’ll then call for help. Obi the Elephant is usually the first to hear her. He will then come to the rescue as fast as he can, for he can hear for miles. (Big ears = Exceptionally good hearing.)  
Being only a foot tall, you would think this would be overwhelming and scary to a tiny antelope like her because of how big the rest of her friends look. (Especially Obi!) But she shows no fear what-so-ever.  
When she is spending time with her friends, she usually tries to find a suitable rock or ledge that is high enough for her to be at eye level with everyone else. If there is nothing to perch on, she’ll just jump onto someone’s back. She is an excellent climber!  
She is also very fond of various flowers.
 

 
 
If you would like to know more about Dik-Diks, I’ve put some facts down here.
 
The Dik-Dik is named after it’s own alarm call, which sounds like a prominent “DIK-DIK” noise.  
This call is believed to be used for when the animal senses danger of a predator or warning other members of a small group that danger is near.  
Dik-Diks have a very soft, lank coat, with the coloration of a grizzled grey-brown transitioning to a yellow-ish-tan on the sides and white on the underbelly.  
The rubbery bottomed hooves grip effectively on rocks and steep surfaces. Making Dik-Diks excellent climbers!  
It eats a wide range of plants and lives as a close-bonded male-female pair and a single offspring, born after 169-174 days of gestation.  
Dik-Diks have elongated snouts that look like a little proboscis, or trunk. The nose is mobile with the upper end slightly forked, an interesting adaptation to living in hot, dry climates.  
It is enlarged, and the inside passage functions as a blood-cooling mechanism when the bellow-like muscles increase the airflow into the nose. The blood is pumped to the nose where airflow and subsequent evaporation cools the blood before it is recirculated to the body. This is just one of several mechanisms the Dik-Dik uses to reduce water loss.