Duikers & Dwarf Antelopes in North America

Some queries to be answered:

Do Brookfield or either San Diego facility still hold Royal Antelope?

Does Denver still hold Kirk's Dik-dik or have they been phased out to make room for the penguins?

Does SDZSP still hold Yellow-backed or Black Duikers?

Does Tampa (Lowry Park) still hold Crowned Duiker?

This is a list for captive institutions holding duikers (subfamily Cephalophinae) and dwarf antelopes (tribe Neotragini of subfamily Antilopinae) in American and Canadian zoos. Evidence for holding goes back no further than 01/01/2017 for all species. Please add or correct holdings to the best of your knowledge; an updated list will be posted if necessary.

(This wasn't going to be my next list, but a discussion on the Discord chat prompted it and due to the small number of species it only took a couple of hours to compile. Hoping that more mammal lists will be upcoming.)

Duikers

Yellow-backed Duiker (Cephalophus silvicultor) (24 holders)
Baton Rouge
Birmingham
Brookfield
Caldwell
Chehaw Park
Cincinnati
Denver (Zoo)
Houston (Zoo)
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Knoxville
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Metro Richmond
Milwaukee County
Naples
Nashville
Niabi
Omaha's Henry Doorly
San Antonio
San Diego (Zoo)
San Diego (Safari Park)
San Francisco
Virginia (Zoo)

Red-flanked Duiker (Cephalophus rufilatus) (7 holders)
Birmingham
Bronx
Brookfield
Gladys Porter
Idaho Falls at Tautphaus Park
Los Angeles
San Diego (Safari Park)

Black Duiker (Cephalophus niger) (4 holders)
Columbus
Los Angeles
Miami
San Diego (Zoo)

Bay Duiker (Cephalophus dorsalis) (3 holders)
Ellen Trout
Miami
Tampa (Lowry Park)

Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola) (9 holders)
Abilene
Birmingham
Erie
Hattiesburg
Maryland (Baltimore Zoo)
Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW Zoo) (Green Bay)
Safari West
San Antonio
Tampa (Lowry Park)

Neotragini

Kirk’s Dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii) (13 holders)
Baton Rouge
Brookfield
Honolulu
Kansas City
Little Rock
Maryland (Baltimore Zoo)
Metro Richmond
Roosevelt Park
San Antonio
San Diego (Zoo)
San Diego (Safari Park)
Topeka
Wildlife Safari (Oregon)

Günther's Dik-dik (Madoqua guentheri) (1 holder)
Cameron Park

Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus) (13 holders)

Albuquerque (Zoo)
Brevard
Brookfield
Cleveland Metroparks
Dallas
Honolulu
Jacksonville
Lincoln Park (Chicago)
Memphis
Metro Richmond
Omaha's Henry Doorly
San Diego (Zoo)
Staten Island

Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) (2 holders)
Disney's Animal Kingdom
San Diego (Safari Park)

I will say, I don't mean to be that guy, but the taxonomy you are using is a bit outdated. Steenbok and Dik-diks belong to the Tribe Antilopini and Klipspringer are in their own tribe, Oreotragini. The tribe name Neotragini is reserved for Royal antelope, Bate's pygmy antelope, and Suni.
 
Neither San Diego Zoo nor Safari Park keeps yellow-backed duiker anymore and the Safari Park no longer houses Kirk's dik-dik.
 
Yes, if I'm not mistaken Cavendish's is a subspecies of Kirk's. They are still at the zoo, however.

That depends on the taxonomy you adhere to, the traditional systematics list Cavendish's dik-dik as a subspecies of Kirk's dik-dik, however Ungulate Taxonomy (Groves & Grubb 2011) list Cavendish's dik-dik as their own full species. I wonder if any interbreeding has occured between the Cavendish's dik-diks and generic Kirk's dik-dik in United States zoos.
 
That depends on the taxonomy you adhere to, the traditional systematics list Cavendish's dik-dik as a subspecies of Kirk's dik-dik, however Ungulate Taxonomy (Groves & Grubb 2011) list Cavendish's dik-dik as their own full species. I wonder if any interbreeding has occured between the Cavendish's dik-diks and generic Kirk's dik-dik in United States zoos.
Thanks for letting me know, I wasn't aware of that. The individuals at SDZ are signed as Cavendish's and so were the Safari Park's when they were there. I would hope the Cavendish's population in the US is pure but I'm not sure.
 
Thanks for letting me know, I wasn't aware of that. The individuals at SDZ are signed as Cavendish's and so were the Safari Park's when they were there. I would hope the Cavendish's population in the US is pure but I'm not sure.

Maybe email the Kirk's dik-dik studbook keeper? I will say that one of the ZSSD parks, I think the Wild Animal Park did sent Cavendish's dik-dik to Rotterdam Zoo relatively recently, but sadly they are no longer kept in Rotterdam.
 
Here's what I currently have for each of these.

Yellow-backed Duiker (Cephalophus silvicultor) (23-28 holders)
Alexandria Zoo?
Audubon Species Survival Center
Birmingham Zoo
Blank Park Zoo
Brookfield Zoo
Caldwell Zoo
Chehaw Park & Zoo
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Dallas Zoo?
Denver Zoo?
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Gladys Porter Zoo
Gulf Breeze Zoo
Houston Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Kansas City Zoo
Little Rock Zoo
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Metro Richmond Zoo
Naples Zoo
Niabi Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
San Antonio Zoo?
San Francisco Zoo?
Shamba Safari
Virginia Zoo
Zoo Knoxville
Zoo Tampa

Red-flanked Duiker (Cephalophus rufilatus) (4-6 holders)
Hemker Zoo
Idaho Falls Zoo
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens?
San Diego Zoo?
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Zoo Miami

Black Duiker (Cephalophus niger) (4 holders)
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Zoo Miami

Bay Duiker (Cephalophus dorsalis) (4 holders)
Ellen Trout Zoo
Micanopy Zoological Preserve
Zoo Miami
Zoo Tampa

Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola) (19-22 holders)
Abilene Zoo
Alexandria Zoo?
Birmingham Zoo
Chattanooga Zoo
Dallas Zoo
Erie Zoo?
Giraffe Ranch?
Hattiesburg Zoo
Kansas City Zoo
Maryland Zoo
Mesker Park Zoo
Metro Richmond Zoo
Montgomery Zoo
Moody Gardens
NEW Zoo & Adventure Park
Safari West
San Antonio Zoo
Timbavati Wildlife Park
Wildlife World Zoo
Wildwood Wildlife
Zoo Miami
Zoo Tampa

Kirk’s Dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii) (11-15 holders)
BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo
Alexandria Zoo?
Brookfield Zoo
Cameron Park Zoo
Dallas Zoo?
Denver Zoo
Hemker Park & Zoo
Kansas City Zoo?
Little Rock Zoo
Memphis Zoo
Phoenix Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
San Diego Zoo?
Topeka Zoo
Wildlife Safari

Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus) (11-13 holders)
Brevard Zoo
ABQ BioPark
Brookfield Zoo
Dallas Zoo
Honolulu Zoo?
Jackson Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo (Chicago)
Metro Richmond Zoo
Oakland Zoo, CA
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo Safari Park?

Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) (4-6 holders)
Abilene Zoo
Disney’s Animal Kingdom (Lodge)
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Shamba Safari?
Southland Safari?
Zoo Miami
 
Yellow-backed Duiker (Cephalophus silvicultor) (23-28 holders)
Alexandria Zoo?
Audubon Species Survival Center
Birmingham Zoo
Blank Park Zoo
Brookfield Zoo
Caldwell Zoo
Chehaw Park & Zoo
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Dallas Zoo?
Denver Zoo?
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Gladys Porter Zoo
Gulf Breeze Zoo
Houston Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Kansas City Zoo
Little Rock Zoo
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Metro Richmond Zoo
Naples Zoo
Niabi Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
San Antonio Zoo?
San Francisco Zoo?
Shamba Safari
Virginia Zoo
Zoo Knoxville
Zoo Tampa

No longer listed on San Francisco's website, and missing from Hipporex's list from there in Aug as well.

Kirk’s Dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii) (11-15 holders)
BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo
Alexandria Zoo?
Brookfield Zoo
Cameron Park Zoo
Dallas Zoo?
Denver Zoo
Hemker Park & Zoo
Kansas City Zoo?
Little Rock Zoo
Memphis Zoo
Phoenix Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
San Diego Zoo?
Topeka Zoo
Wildlife Safari

SDZ should still have them.

Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus) (11-13 holders)
Brevard Zoo
ABQ BioPark
Brookfield Zoo
Dallas Zoo
Honolulu Zoo?
Jackson Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo (Chicago)
Metro Richmond Zoo
Oakland Zoo, CA
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo Safari Park?

Safari Park doesn't have them on display that I know of, could be one/some bts potentially.
 
Here's what I currently have for each of these.

Yellow-backed Duiker (Cephalophus silvicultor) (23-28 holders)
Alexandria Zoo?
Audubon Species Survival Center
Birmingham Zoo
Blank Park Zoo
Brookfield Zoo
Caldwell Zoo
Chehaw Park & Zoo
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Dallas Zoo?
Denver Zoo?
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Gladys Porter Zoo
Gulf Breeze Zoo
Houston Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Kansas City Zoo
Little Rock Zoo
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Metro Richmond Zoo
Naples Zoo
Niabi Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
San Antonio Zoo?
San Francisco Zoo?
Shamba Safari
Virginia Zoo
Zoo Knoxville
Zoo Tampa

Red-flanked Duiker (Cephalophus rufilatus) (4-6 holders)
Hemker Zoo
Idaho Falls Zoo
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens?
San Diego Zoo?
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Zoo Miami

Black Duiker (Cephalophus niger) (4 holders)
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Zoo Miami

Bay Duiker (Cephalophus dorsalis) (4 holders)
Ellen Trout Zoo
Micanopy Zoological Preserve
Zoo Miami
Zoo Tampa

Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola) (19-22 holders)
Abilene Zoo
Alexandria Zoo?
Birmingham Zoo
Chattanooga Zoo
Dallas Zoo
Erie Zoo?
Giraffe Ranch?
Hattiesburg Zoo
Kansas City Zoo
Maryland Zoo
Mesker Park Zoo
Metro Richmond Zoo
Montgomery Zoo
Moody Gardens
NEW Zoo & Adventure Park
Safari West
San Antonio Zoo
Timbavati Wildlife Park
Wildlife World Zoo
Wildwood Wildlife
Zoo Miami
Zoo Tampa

Kirk’s Dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii) (11-15 holders)
BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo
Alexandria Zoo?
Brookfield Zoo
Cameron Park Zoo
Dallas Zoo?
Denver Zoo
Hemker Park & Zoo
Kansas City Zoo?
Little Rock Zoo
Memphis Zoo
Phoenix Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
San Diego Zoo?
Topeka Zoo
Wildlife Safari

Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus) (11-13 holders)
Brevard Zoo
ABQ BioPark
Brookfield Zoo
Dallas Zoo
Honolulu Zoo?
Jackson Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo (Chicago)
Metro Richmond Zoo
Oakland Zoo, CA
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo Safari Park?

Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) (4-6 holders)
Abilene Zoo
Disney’s Animal Kingdom (Lodge)
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Shamba Safari?
Southland Safari?
Zoo Miami

I believe Phoenix Zoo shipped out their Kirk's dik-dik unless any are off exhibit.
 
I don’t think an update to this thread is really all that necessary. We already have a thread dedicated to the entire Ungulate population, so why bother updating this one?
 
the taxonomy you are using is a bit outdated. Steenbok and Dik-diks belong to the Tribe Antilopini and Klipspringer are in their own tribe, Oreotragini. The tribe name Neotragini is reserved for Royal antelope, Bate's pygmy antelope, and Suni.

Gotcha. To be honest I don't know much about small ungulate taxonomy; I just used the taxonomy as it's currently listed on Wikipedia. I probably wasn't the person to make this thread, but at the time people seemed to be making a lot of inquiries about them and it was a relatively easy niche for me to fill.

While I appreciate everyone's contributions over the past 12 hours or so, I agree with @Dhole dude that this thread now overlaps with @ThylacineAlive's Where do the Deer & Antelope Play?: A Look at America's Ungulate Populations thread (which was started 4 months after this one) so these updates should be probably be transferred to that one either now or whenever they are ready to be received on there.
 
Posting that quick list helps with the big thread, since there were several updates we didn't have. Updating the deer and antelope thread has frankly been overwhelming for Thylo and I, and there's a lot of work still to go. These species have short lists and are rarely outside of AZA, so were much easier to share.
 
That depends on the taxonomy you adhere to, the traditional systematics list Cavendish's dik-dik as a subspecies of Kirk's dik-dik, however Ungulate Taxonomy (Groves & Grubb 2011) list Cavendish's dik-dik as their own full species. I wonder if any interbreeding has occured between the Cavendish's dik-diks and generic Kirk's dik-dik in United States zoos.

Kirk's and Cavendish's Dik-Dik have differing number of chromosomes and, based on known hybridization within European zoos, hybrids between them produce infertile females. These are the reasons I personally split the two. Additionally, I do believe the entire US and European (or at least most of the European) populations are likely all pure M. cavendishi.

~Thylo
 
Kirk's and Cavendish's Dik-Dik have differing number of chromosomes and, based on known hybridization within European zoos, hybrids between them produce infertile females. These are the reasons I personally split the two. Additionally, I do believe the entire US and European (or at least most of the European) populations are likely all pure M. cavendishi.

~Thylo

Thank you, I didn't realize that, but that makes perfect sense. I would like to see some genetic tests conducted to make sure this is the case for certain! Where did you learn about their chromosomes?
 
Thank you, I didn't realize that, but that makes perfect sense. I would like to see some genetic tests conducted to make sure this is the case for certain! Where did you learn about their chromosomes?

I first heard it from a friend and former member from Europe. The same person also showed me the import records showing that the vast majority of dik-dik brought into Europe hail from Tanzania, and simply using ZTL one can link most holders back to these imports. While there have been known hybridizations in the past, since females are sterile I would imagine it is unlikely any hybrid lines survived until today as it would mean hybrid males would have to consistently breed with purebred females who produce male offspring who breed with purebred females, etc.

~Thylo
 
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