14 DAY TRIAL // Earlier this year, on March 30, the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, US, welcomed a baby Klipspringer.
The young dwarf antelope, pictured above, is as cute as a button, and keepers reassure that it is in perfectly good health.
“The Klipspringer calf is healthy and eating well and, as a result, has almost doubled her weight since birth,” zoo employee Mark Kamhout says.
“Currently, the calf is being hand-reared by our animal care staff after the mother was unable to provide adequate care,” the Curator of Mammals further details.
According to Zoo Borns, the adorable Klipspringer calf is a female. It was born to mom Triumph and dad Dash, which were introduced to each other as part of the Klipspringer Species Survival Program.
Keepers at Lincoln Park Zoo say that Triump and Dash have had one other offspring until now, a female name Arya, which still lives at this facility.
The young dwarf antelope born on March 30 has not yet made its public debut, and keepers say that it will probably be a while until visitors to the zoo can to see it in person. Until then, the tiny creature will only interact with staff in charge of looking after it.
According to wildlife researchers, this species of antelopes is native to central and eastern Africa. As adults, they weigh merely 24 pounds (about 11 kilograms).