Baby Bongo Born At Cincinnati Zoo

(6-24-23) The Cincinnati Zoo announced Friday that Stevie, an eastern bongo, gave birth to a baby boy on Tuesday.

The zoo said-

“eastern bongos are critically endangered, so every birth is important to the survival of the species.”

Critically endangered means that there’s more eastern bongos alive in habitats than there are in the wild.

Eastern bongos are known for their reddish coat and white stripes, and both sexes of the bongo have spiraled horns used for defense. They also have a typical lifespan around nine years.

It’s a bouncing baby bongo: meet Beaudan! Look at those ears! Eastern bongos are critically endangered, so every birth is important to the survival of the species. pic.twitter.com/hR4tNJtj3w

— Cincinnati Zoo (@CincinnatiZoo) June 24, 2023

This is Stevie’s third calf one was born in 2019, as well as one in 2014.

The zoo named the bongo Beaudan after the calf’s father, Beau, who died earlier in 2023.