The Smithsonian National Zoo has confirmed that the giant panda cub born two weeks ago is a girl.

Mei Xiang, the zoo’s female giant panda, gave birth on Aug. 25 with the country watching closely on the panda cam. The birth was shown live at 5:32 p.m. on the streaming camera that officials set up.

Officials used Twitter to confirm the news and also reported that Tian Tian, the zoo’s male giant panda was the father. As NBC News notes, officials had artificially inseminated Mei Xiang with semen from Tian Tian and the San Diego Zoo’s Gao Gao.

“We had never artificially inseminated Mei Xiang with semen from two males before this past breeding season," Pierre Comizzoli, a Smithsonian reproductive biologist, told NBC News. “If Gao Gao had been the father of one or both cubs, that would have been very interesting because we would have known that the second artificial insemination was the one that was successful.”

The zoo also confirmed that the cub’s stillborn twin was also a female. Officials said on Twitter that the baby will stay with Mei Xiang for two years “until it is naturally weaned.” They will wait 100 days before naming the cub.

Mei Xiang’s only other surviving cub is Tai Shan, who was born in 2005 and is currently in China as part of a partnership with the government.

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