Rhino calf steps into the limelight

The baby black rhinoceros has already settled into the enclosure that will be her home at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent.

Her birth at the park makes the herd the largest group of captive rhino outside Africa.

And while looking rather diminutive at less than 50 kg now, especially beside her mother Vuyuas,left, she will grow to more than a metre tall and will weigh more than 1,000kg as an adult.

Black Rhinos are found in central and eastern Africa and the baby's horn will grow to nearly half a metre long.

These horns are used for defence, intimidation, and digging up roots and breaking branches during feeding.

The calf will stay with her mother for the two to three years until another calf is born.

Effective conservation work in Africa has seen Black Rhino numbers recover after declining in the 1980s.