Animal Fact Guide's Wildlife Blog » animal pregnancy http://www.animalfactguide.com/blog Amazing Animal Photos, Videos, and News Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:59:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Sumatran Rhino Loses Baby http://www.animalfactguide.com/blog/2010/04/02/sumatran-rhino-loses-baby/ http://www.animalfactguide.com/blog/2010/04/02/sumatran-rhino-loses-baby/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:19:27 +0000 Animal Fact Guide http://www.animalfactguide.com/blog/?p=1180 Ratu the Sumatran rhino

Photo of Ratu by Yayasan Badak Indonesia.

A few weeks ago we reported on the pregnancy of Ratu, an endangered Sumatran rhino. We are saddened to learn today that her pregnancy was lost. Ratu had mated with Andalas, a captive-born Sumatran rhino, three years after Andalas moved to the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Indonesia from the United States.

Dr. Susie Ellis, executive director of the International Rhino Foundation said in a press release, “This is not unusual for a rhino’s first pregnancy.” She added that they are hopeful in this pairing because the two rhinos did produce a pregnancy.

Sumatran rhinos are extremely endangered. There are currently approximately 200 in the wild and 10 in captivity.

Read our previous post about Ratu and Andalas here.

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