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Endangered Sumatran rhino born in Lampung
Weighing about 27 kilogram (59.52 lb), the yet-to-be named female calf, was born on Saturday at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary (SRS) facility in Way Kambas National Park, Lampung province.
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This handout photograph released by Indonesia's Ministry of Environment on March 28, 2022 and made available on March 29, 2022, shows a new baby born rhino at the Way Kambas National Park, in Way Kambas, in Lampung Province, Sumatra. Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted nearly 70 percent in the last 50 years, according to a landmark assessment released on October 13, 2022, that highlights “devastating“ losses to nature due to human activity. Featuring data from 32,000 populations of more than 5,000 species of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish, the WWF Living Planet Index shows accelerating falls across the globe.
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n endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, the smallest and hairiest of the five extant rhino species, was born in Lampung last week in a conservation area, the government said on Monday.
Weighing about 27 kilogram (59.52 lb), the yet-to-be named female calf, was born on Saturday at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary (SRS) facility in Way Kambas National Park, Lampung province.
Covered in black hair, the newborn stood about 45 minutes after her birth. On the next day, she began to walk around the jungle, the environment ministry said in a statement.
The mother, 22-year-old Ratu, was in a healthy condition, the ministry said.
Ratu is a native of Lampung, while her mate, Andalas, aged 23, was born at the Cincinnati Zoo, United States, but has since moved to the same park as Ratu.
The pair previously had Delilah in 2016 and Andatu in 2021.
"This is a happy news, not only for Indonesia but for the world," environment minister Siti Nurbaya said in the statement.
There were just 80 Sumatran rhinos left in the world, based on a 2019 assessment of threatened species by the government.
The mammal, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, is the only Asian rhino with two horns and can grow up to 1.5 metre-tall, weighing between 500 kg to 960 kg.
