Gerenuk born at the Denver Zoo

Posted: 03.22.2013 at 9:17 AM

DENVER (AP) -- The Denver Zoo has a new addition.

A gerenuk has been born at the zoo, a first for the Denver facility.

The Denver Post reports the animal was born several weeks ago and the birth was announced Thursday.

A gerenuk is a small antelope from semiarid areas of eastern Africa. The name means giraffe-necked in the Somali language. Adults are 3 feet tall at the shoulder with long, thin necks.

The animals stand on their hind legs to reach food from tree limbs.

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