Endangered Sumatran rhino born in Indonesia

STORY: The newborn female Sumatran rhino calf is the third successful pairing between its mother, Ratu, a native from Way Kambas National Park, and Andalas, a male Sumatran rhino born on September 13, 2001 at the Cincinnati Zoo, in the United States.Saturday’s birth took the Sumatran rhino population at the national park to nine, a boost for the species.Sumatran rhinos are the smallest and most hirsute of the species. Fewer than 80 Sumatran rhinos are left in the world, based on a 2019 assessment of the threatened species.The Sumatran rhino, the only Asian rhino with two horns, is one of the most threatened species in the world due to poaching for its prized horns and habitat loss in its home on Indonesia's Sumatra island.