Some remarks on the birth of a Father David\xe2\x80\x99s Deer, Elaphurus davidianus Milne Edw
At the Royal Zoological Gardens \xe2\x80\x9cBlijdorp\xe2\x80\x9d at Rotterdam May 6th 1958 a Father David\xe2\x80\x99s Deer gave birth to a female calf. It was the first young of this three year old doe.\nDuring the days before the day of birth the doe was seen several times leaping upon the buck. E...
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ftnaturalis:oai:repository.naturalis.nl:503991 2024-02-11T10:07:57+01:00 Some remarks on the birth of a Father David\xe2\x80\x99s Deer, Elaphurus davidianus Milne Edw Doorn, C. van Slijper, E.J. 1959-01-01 application/pdf https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/503991 unknown https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/503991 Bijdragen tot de dierkunde vol. 29 no. 1, pp. 73-74 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1959 ftnaturalis 2024-01-17T23:22:10Z At the Royal Zoological Gardens \xe2\x80\x9cBlijdorp\xe2\x80\x9d at Rotterdam May 6th 1958 a Father David\xe2\x80\x99s Deer gave birth to a female calf. It was the first young of this three year old doe.\nDuring the days before the day of birth the doe was seen several times leaping upon the buck. Experience with other Ungulates has taught that such behaviour may be regarded as an indication that the time of delivery is approaching. On the day of birth the doe refused her food as has been observed in many other mammals. She lay down very often, gnashed her molar teeth and made movements with her head towards the belly and the udder, the ears flattened to the neck, as if she was suffering from cramps. One had the impression, however, that the expulsion of the young was kept back until the keeper went home and the door of the stable was closed. Apparently a great number of mammals prefer to give birth to their young in the quietest part of the space of 24 hours. For most mammals this is the evening or the night, but bats very frequently give birth during the day which is their time of rest (SLIJPER, 1959). A postponement of birth until all is quiet has frequently been observed in zoological gardens. In natural surroundings the Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida Schreb.) and other Seals are said to be able to postpone birth as long as 10 days if the weather is very bad (KRUMBIEGEL, 1947). Article in Journal/Newspaper Phoca hispida ringed seal Naturalis Institutional Repository |
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At the Royal Zoological Gardens \xe2\x80\x9cBlijdorp\xe2\x80\x9d at Rotterdam May 6th 1958 a Father David\xe2\x80\x99s Deer gave birth to a female calf. It was the first young of this three year old doe.\nDuring the days before the day of birth the doe was seen several times leaping upon the buck. Experience with other Ungulates has taught that such behaviour may be regarded as an indication that the time of delivery is approaching. On the day of birth the doe refused her food as has been observed in many other mammals. She lay down very often, gnashed her molar teeth and made movements with her head towards the belly and the udder, the ears flattened to the neck, as if she was suffering from cramps. One had the impression, however, that the expulsion of the young was kept back until the keeper went home and the door of the stable was closed. Apparently a great number of mammals prefer to give birth to their young in the quietest part of the space of 24 hours. For most mammals this is the evening or the night, but bats very frequently give birth during the day which is their time of rest (SLIJPER, 1959). A postponement of birth until all is quiet has frequently been observed in zoological gardens. In natural surroundings the Ringed Seal (Phoca hispida Schreb.) and other Seals are said to be able to postpone birth as long as 10 days if the weather is very bad (KRUMBIEGEL, 1947). |
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Some remarks on the birth of a Father David\xe2\x80\x99s Deer, Elaphurus davidianus Milne Edw |
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Some remarks on the birth of a Father David\xe2\x80\x99s Deer, Elaphurus davidianus Milne Edw |
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Some remarks on the birth of a Father David\xe2\x80\x99s Deer, Elaphurus davidianus Milne Edw |
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