That's our biggest goal. The ultimate destination for the four is Clear Lake, Iowa. The animal staff at the Memphis Zoo received an early and surprising gift this year a baby rhino. This is Tombi s eighth baby and second here at the Memphis Zoo with the father, affectionately known as Mugs. Less than a month prior to Holly s birth, Tombi s seventh baby, Cera, was moved to the Jacksonville Zoo in Florida.
Cera is two years old.
Weighing an average of 7,500 pounds in adulthood, rhinos are the second heaviest land mammals, following elephants. It is currently estimated that there are a total of about 8,440 southern white rhinos found in Africa and that number is continuously falling. According to Assistant Curator of Mammals Houston Winbigler, it will be a couple of months before Holly is on exhibit for the public to see. Even though rhinos are big, hearty animals, the babies are always reluctant to come out and we don t want to take any chances. Thank you for your cooperation.