The birth of a critically endangered Eastern black rhino is cause for celebration this month at a zoo in Ohio. <\/p>\n
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo announced<\/a> last week that the male calf was born on Saturday, Sept. 13, and remains behind the scenes bonding with his mother, 22-year-old Kibibbi. His father is 25-year-old Forrest. <\/p>\n At birth, black rhino calves can weigh 65 to 100 pounds, according to Save the Rhino<\/a>. They can stand within the first few hours. They nurse for about two months, but sometimes up to a year, and stay with their mother for two to four years. <\/p>\n Adult black rhinos weigh about 2,000 to 3,000 pounds and stand over 5 feet tall at the shoulder, according to Save the Rhino. <\/p>\n MORE RHINO NEWS: Chicago\u2019s free zoo has a pregnant rhino, calf due spring 2026<\/a><\/p>\n There are fewer than 600 Eastern black rhinos remaining in the wild, zoo officials said. Of the four black rhino subspecies, one is extinct, two are critically endangered and one is near threatened, according to Save the Rhino. The most significant threats to black rhinos are poaching and lack of suitable, safe habitats. <\/p>\n \u201cEvery birth is significant and is an opportunity to bring awareness to the conservation issues faced by this species,\u201d said Chris Kuhar, zoo executive director. <\/p>\n Cleveland Metroparks Zoo has a long history of caring for this species, working alongside global conservation partners to secure a future for rhinos in the wild. <\/p>\n The calf\u2019s public debut and name have not yet been announced. The zoo plans to ask for the public\u2019s help in giving a calf a name. <\/p>\n \u201cFollow Cleveland Metroparks Zoo\u2019s media channels<\/a> for an opportunity to help name the calf in support of rhino conservation,\u201d officials said. <\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The birth of a critically endangered Eastern black rhino is cause for celebration this month at a zoo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-193366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}