Abstract

On 8th January 2009 an 11-year old Kirk dikdik female gave birth to a twin pair at Adventure Zoo Hannover. It was the first published twin birth in the zoo world. The origin of the parents was Tanzania. Both fawns are males. Only one of the fawns is still living at Hannover. The second one died before birth. The birth weight for the living dikdik fawn had been 680 g, for the dead twin 570 g. The birth proceeded in early morning hours. The living dikdik male by now is one of the breeding males of the Hannover Zoo.

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