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新生小犀牛为稀有的苏门答腊犀牛物种带来希望

(2016-05-19 09:17:56)

内容来源:分享美国  地址连接:http://go.usa.gov/cJ2M9
5月12日,一头可爱的苏门答腊(Sumatra)雌性小犀牛在印度尼西亚某保护区降生。这头小犀牛出生时重20公斤。苏门答腊犀牛属全世界处境最为危急的濒临灭绝物种之一,估计全球仅有100头。

这头小犀牛的母亲来自印度尼西亚苏门答腊,父亲原生活在 辛辛那提动物园(Cincinnati Zoo), 于2007年被送到苏门答腊威坎巴斯國家公園(Way Kambas National Park)动物保护区。

.@RhinosIRF announced critically-endangered Sumatran rhino population has increased by one! http://ow.ly/rzAg3009bWj 

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国际犀牛基金会(International Rhino Foundation)的苏西∙埃利斯(Susie Ellis)说,“我们一旦确信她在健康活泼地生长,就一直乐得合不拢嘴。一头小犀牛诞生并无法保证整个物种都能得到挽救,但无论如何地球上又多了一头苏门答腊犀牛。”

苏门答腊犀牛是全世界体形最小的犀牛种,属仅有的长毛犀牛,目前面临热带森林栖息地受到破坏的威胁,同时有人为了获得犀牛角不惜进行猎杀活动。人们走私犀牛角是因为犀牛角可以作为装饰品,另外犀牛角粉在亚洲的中国、越南等地还被作为药品大肆宣扬其功效。犀牛种属的所有物种都面临危险。

早在1997年,国际犀牛基金会就在这头小犀牛的出生地建立了保护区。2012年,小犀牛的母亲拉图(Ratu)生下了第一头小犀牛,引起人们广泛注意。当年的小犀牛是雄性,取名安达图(Andatu)。在最近这头小犀牛出生前,保护区工作人员利用辛辛那提动物园濒危野生动物生育中心(Center for Reproduction in Endangered Wildlife)在俄亥俄州(Ohio)采用的方法定期为母犀牛进行超声波检查。

点击此处了解犀牛物种的详情和如何参与保护野生动物的活动。 


A baby rhino was born May 12 in a sanctuary in Indonesia, and the female calf is adorable.

The healthy 20-kilogram Sumatran rhino calf is the newest member of one of the most critically endangered species in the world. Only an estimated 100 remain on the planet.

The calf’s mom is from Sumatra, Indonesia, and her dad is originally from the Cincinnati ZooHe had been brought to Sumatra’s Way Kambas National Park sanctuary in 2007.

.@RhinosIRF announced critically-endangered Sumatran rhino population has increased by one! http://ow.ly/rzAg3009bWj 

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“We haven’t stopped smiling since the moment we were sure she was alive and healthy,” said Susie Ellis of the International Rhino Foundation. “While one birth does not save the species, it’s one more Sumatran rhino on Earth.”

Sumatran rhinos are the smallest of the world’s rhinos, and they’re the only species covered in long hair. They face destruction of tropical forest habitat and poachers who kill the rhinos for their horns, which are actually the same material as fingernails and hair. The horns are trafficked as ornaments or ground into powder and falsely advertised as medicines in China, Vietnam and other parts of Asia. All species of rhinos are at risk.

The International Rhino Foundation established the rhino sanctuary where the calf was born in 1997. The calf’s mother, Ratu, made history in 2012 when she gave birth to her first calf, a male named Andatu. Prior to the latest birth, sanctuary staff conducted regular ultrasound exams, using methods developed in Ohio by the Cincinnati Zoo’s Center for Reproduction in Endangered Wildlife.

Learn more about rhinos and how you can help wildlife.

This article draws on reports from the Associated Press.

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