A baby Indian rhinoceros made its first public appearance at the Toronto Zoo on Wednesday alongside its 11-year-old mother Asha.
The male calf, who has yet to be named, was born last month and was introduced to the media inside the zoo’s Indian Rhino Habitat.
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Zoo officials say this is the first healthy birth for Asha and Vishnu, the calf’s 12-year-old father.
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The Indian rhinoceros is considered a threatened species as there are approximately 2,000 left in the wild.
Four Indian rhinoceroses have been born at the Toronto Zoo with the last being a female named Sanya on August 14, 1999.
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