A rhinoceros calf will be joining Lincoln Park Zoo next spring, as 20-year-old eastern black rhinoceros Kapuki is pregnant with her third child, the zoo said Monday.

The zoo currently has three rhinos at its Regenstein African Journey, which hosts more than two dozen species from Africa that include crocodiles and hippos.

The rhino calf will be Kapuki’s first baby with 21-year-old male Utenzi. Staff members at the zoo confirmed the pregnancy by hormonal analysis of fecal samples.

“Kapuki is an experienced mother successfully raising King and Romeo, and we’re looking forward to seeing her in this maternal role again soon,” curator Cassie Kutilek said in a news release.

Pregnancies for eastern black rhinos last around 16 months, and females can only birth one calf at a time. Newborns can

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