mobanmarketLa Teste-de-Buch, France: A critically endangered black rhino has been born in a French zoo, authorities said on Thursday.
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The male calf, which does not yet have a name, was born on December 6 at the Bassin d’Arcachon Zoo in southwestern La Teste-de-Buch.
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Its mother Nabila, a six-year-old, was given to the zoo as part of a European breeding programme.
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She mated with a male named Dazanty to produce the first cub from the breeding programme.
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“It’s an event because it’s the first black rhino to be born in a French zoo,” the Bassin d’Arcachon Zoo said in a statement.
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The species — formally called the Diceros bicornis — is classified as “critically endangered” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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The young calf was born weighing between 35 and 40 kilogrammes.
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As it is a male, it will be expected to breed to preserve the species as the majority of black rhinos in zoos are female, the park said.
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According to the zoo, the unnamed new born is the second black rhino to be born in Europe this year.
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