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An endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, the smallest and hairiest of the five extant rhino species, was born in Indonesia last week in a conservation area, the country’s government said on Monday.
Weighing about 27 kilograms, 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 in the tropical Southeast Asian country.
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 calf’s mother, 22-year-old Ratu, was in a healthy condition, the ministry said.
“This is a happy news, not only for Indonesia but for the world,” Environment Minister Siti Nurbaya said.
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I too am the smallest and hairiest of my genus.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
An endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, the smallest and hairiest of the five extant rhino species, was born in Indonesia last week in a conservation area, the country’s government said on Monday.
Weighing about 27 kilograms, 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 in the tropical Southeast Asian country.
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.
There were just 80 Sumatran rhinos left in the world, based on a 2019 assessment of threatened species by the Indonesian government.
The mammal, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, is the only Asian rhino with two horns and can grow up to 1.5 metres-tall, weighing between 500kg to 960kg.
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Jesus Christ 960kg is considered the smallest rhino?? I was hoping they’d be husky sized lmfao
