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Demoiselle Crane and Dik-dik

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I think the Dik Dik are kept with the Demoiselle Crane, the Blue Crane are kept on their own further up the path now.
 
FunkyGibbon
I realised that when I claimed in Colchester thread that I saw the Blue Duikers I was actually referring to this picture. I'm sure these were signed as Dik diks and it seems to have the pale belly, but the body shape looks more like a duiker to my untrained eye.
Can someone give me some ID pointers for telling the difference?
 
Tim May
FunkyGibbon said:
I realised that when I claimed in Colchester thread that I saw the Blue Duikers I was actually referring to this picture. I'm sure these were signed as Dik diks and it seems to have the pale belly, but the body shape looks more like a duiker to my untrained eye.
Can someone give me some ID pointers for telling the difference?
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For comparison purposes, here are some pictures, all taken at Colchester, of blue duiker and Kirk's dik-dik.

http://www.zoochat.com/57/blue-duiker-colchester-zoo-5th-june-153618/

http://www.zoochat.com/57/kirks-dik-dik-colchester-30th-may-411730/

http://www.zoochat.com/57/kirks-dik-dik-colchester-1st-october-239606/

http://www.zoochat.com/57/kirks-dik-dik-colchester-25th-may-322815/

It is about six years since I last saw blue duiker at Colchester so I am very pleased that the species is on show there again.
 

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