Giraffe House keepers welcomed a Kirk’s dik-dik calf on May 24. Kirk’s dik-dik are tiny antelope found mainly in eastern Africa.
Female Gwen had delivered the 639 gram (1.4 pound) female calf overnight. The baby has been named Maddie, short for Madoqua which is the genus name of the species, madoqua kirkii. Maddie and mom Gwen are in the exhibit next to the warthog. You will have to be very quiet and look closely as dik-dik are not only small, but shy as well.
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