Quick fact rhinos have one of the longest gestation periods of any animal During this approximately 16 to 18 months, the health of the mom and. He came to his final home, Disneys Animal Kingdom. San Diego Zoo Global’s Rhino Rescue Centeris part of a team that is working to develop artificial insemination and embryo implantation techniques so they can reliably inseminate a northern white embryo into a southern white rhino female. Dugan the White Rhino Dugan the white rhino was born in 1995 at the Knoxville Zoo in Tennessee, before moving to the Erie Zoo in Pennsylvania. However, the mother may be pregnant with her calf for as long as 18 months.

There are only two northern white rhinos still alive in the whole world. A rhino calf is born after a gestation period of roughly 475 days, or about 16 months. Durrant explained the complex process being developed at San Diego Zoo Global to use northern white rhino tissue to create artificial embryonic stem cells that can be matured into northern white rhino egg and sperm cells. Barbara Durrant’s 21 June 2017 presentation to the Lyncean Group (Meeting # 112), “Endangered Species Rescue: How far should we go?” In this presentation, Dr.

Gestation period of a white rhino