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On March 4, 1945, there arrived the first giraffe to be born in the 

 Zoo. This female is the offspring of a pair obtained in 1937 by the 

 National Geographic Society-Smithsonian Institution Expedition. 

 One of our two pairs of chinchillas, the first ever exhibited in the Zoo, 

 gave birth to a litter of three young, and the other pair one young. 



Added to our list of hybrids was a baby monkey, the mother a white- 

 faced capuchin, the father probably a brown. 



The births and hatchings are listed below : 



MAMMALS 

 Scientific name Common name Number 



Ammotragus lervia Aoudad 3 



Ateles vellerosus Mexican spider monkey 1 



Axis axis Axis deer 2 



Bibos gaurus Gaur 1 



Bison bison American bison 2 



Bos taurus British Park cattle 2 



Bos taurus West Highland cattle 1 



Cebus capucinus Capuchin monkey 1 



Chinchilla lanigera Chinchilla 4 



Choeropsis liberiensis Pigmy hippopotamus 1 



Dama dama Fallow deer 1 



Dama dama White fallow deer 2 



Dolichoius palagonicus Patagonian cavy 2 



Felis concolor Puma 2 



Felis pardus Black leopard 1 



Felis tigris Bengal tiger 6 



Giraffa camelopardalis Giraffe 2 



Hapale jacchus Marmoset 2 



Hippopotamus amphibius Hippopotamus 1 



Hylobates lar pileatus X Hylobates 



agilis Hybrid gibbon 1 



Lama glama Llama 2 



Lama pacos Alpaca 1 



Thylogale eugenii Dama wallaby 1 



Myocastor coypu Coypu 1 



Odocoileus virginianus Virginia deer 1 



Oncifelis geoffroyi Geoffroy's cat 2 



Ovis aries Woolless sheep 2 



Ovis europaeus Mouflon 1 



Poephagus grunniens Yak 2 



Pseudois nayaur Bharal or blue sheep 1 



Taurotragus oryx Eland 1 



Thalarctos maritimus X Ursus mid- 



dendorffi Hybrid bear 1 



Urocyon cinereoargenteus Gray fox 4 



BIRDS 



Chenopis atrata Black swan 1 



Fulica americana American coot 2 



Larus novaehollandiae Silver gull 5 



Taeniopygia castanotis Zebra finch 11 



Turtur risorius Ring-necked dove 2 



