Your morning adorable: Baby white rhinoceros explores at Germany’s Serengeti Park

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White rhinoceros Naruna was born last November at the Serengeti Park in Hodenhagen, Germany. She explored her outdoor enclosure recently, accompanied by her mother.

In the wild, white rhinoceros mothers reproduce only about every two to five years, and their offspring stay with them until they’re about 3 years old.

White rhinoceroses are endangered in their native sub-Saharan Africa, where they’ve been hunted to near extinction by poachers. Their horns are believed to have medicinal benefits in parts of Asia and are used to make dagger handles in parts of Africa and the Middle East. It’s estimated that there are about 11,000 left in the wild.

More photos after the jump!

--Lindsay Barnett