The Silver Dik-dik occurs in very low, dense thickets growing along the central Somali coastal littoral on fertile, sandy soils under a powerful offshore wind which has a cooling and moisturising effect (Kingdon 1997). In the south-eastern part of the Ethiopian Ogaden, Silver Dik-dik have been observed in dense to semi-dense Acacia-Commiphora bushland (Wilhelmi et al. 2006).

The range of the Silver Dik-dik was originally described as a narrow strip along the central coastal plain of Somalia, where its range does not appear to extend for more than 10 km inland from the coast (Simonetta 1988, East 1999). Recently, this species has been recorded and photographed In the Ogaden of Ethiopia in the upper Shebelle River valley and in the valley bottoms of its seasonal tributaries (Wilhelmi et al. 2006). It therefore seems likely that this species might occur in other well-vegetated lowland areas of the Ogaden and it is not known whether the distribution is contiguous between the coast and the Ogaden, or is split into two parts.

This species is not known to occur in any protected areas. A very small number of animals were recently reported on display in Moscow Zoo, apparently the first time the species has been seen in captivity (Bellani 2013). Given the recent discovery of this species in the Ogaden, further surveys to better understand the range, abundance and trends of this species are required.