Critically endangered Sumatran elephant born in Indonesia

A critically endangered Sumatran elephant was born in Indonesia over the weekend.

Weighing about 108 kilograms, the male calf was born at the Way Kambas National Park in southern Sumatra, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry said on Sunday.The calf was in good health and his mother was being monitored after giving birth on Saturday.

The new addition to the elephant herd at Way Kambas comes after ababy Sumatran rhino was born there in September and another baby elephant was born at a different national park in Sumatra that same month. According to the World Wildlife Fund, Sumatran elephants are on thebrink of extinction with only about 2,400-2,800 left in the world.