Kirk's dikdiks (Digidigi (Swahili)) are both diurnal and nocturnal and, like other dikdiks, have a tendency to sprinkle elephant dung with their own minuscule pellets, hoping, so the folktale goes, to some day trip up the elephant. At the approach of some danger such as a dog or a leopard, the males broadcast an alarm by whistling, thus distracting the predator and causing the females and their young to hide. Once the danger is past the male and female join up with much nuzzling and scent-marking. Kirk's dikdik feed on evergreen shoots and foliage of the herbs, shrubs and succulents typical of the region. Although exterminated in many places, all types remain widespread and common. Not endangered.

The subspecies damarensis has specialized hooves without pedal glands. There are a total of  four subspecies. Kirk's dikdik inhabit a very wide range of habitats with the Namibian Damara subspecies favoring very dense thickets on hard, stony ground and limestone pavements.

Source: Kingdon, Jonathan (2001).The Kingdon field guide to African mammals. Academic Press:Somerset