Cephalophus natalensis. This individual has a damaged left nostril, apparently an old injury, which can be seen here. Okapi paddock, Chester, 21st June 2014.
Very interesting! The only one I see that isn't at all common in zoos is the zebra duiker and common duiker. I wonder why they did not try with the zebra. Could it be because they are so hard to care for in captivity? Do you know how many years it took them to finalize the exchange? I'm sure a lot of paper work was involved…
Very interesting! The only one I see that isn't at all common in zoos is the zebra duiker and common duiker. I wonder why they did not try with the zebra. Could it be because they are so hard to care for in captivity? Do you know how many years it took them to finalize the exchange? I'm sure a lot of paper work was involved…
Chester didn't bring in any of the species listed because they had no previous experience of working with any species of Duiker,so decided to work first with a species that was already about in numbers in Europe first to gain experience with them first,before possibly getting a different species,so as a result next to no paper work was done apart from what was required for the Duikers they did bring in!
,so decided to work first with a species that was already about in numbers in Europe first to gain experience with them first,before possibly getting a different species
Which, to me, is pretty damn good logic - and if success with the Natal Red gives even the slightest chance of Chester getting Zebra or Blue or something like that someday, I suspect no one will contest it
