Newborn Sumatran Rhino Calf

Via Zooborns come the news: "It's a Boy! Birth of Sumatran Rhino Calf a Collaborative Conservation Success":

It’s a Boy! Birth of Sumatran Rhino Calf a Collaborative Conservation Success

The International Rhino Foundation (IRF) and the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden are pleased to announce the birth of a bouncing baby boy Sumatran rhino! The calf was born to mother, “Ratu”, a 12-year-old Sumatran rhino living at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Indonesia’s Way Kambas National Park and father, “Andalas,” born at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2001 and the first Sumatran Rhino calf born in captivity in 112 years. In 2007 he was sent to the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary with hopes that he would eventually sire calves with one or more of the females at the Sanctuary.

The baby was born on June 23 and weighs 60-70 pounds.

photo of newborn Sumatran Rhino baby at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Indonesia’s Way Kambas National Park

“To say that we are thrilled is an understatement,” said Dr. Terri Roth, Vice President of Conservation and Science and Director of the Cincinnati Zoo’s Lindner Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW).

We’re all quite thrilled here, as well. :) Just look at those eyes!!

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