Born just 12 days ago, he already stands 190 cm (75 inches) tall. There are fewer than 2,000 Rothschild's giraffes still living in the wild.
ADVERTISEMENTA rare baby giraffe made his public debut at a northern Czech zoo earlier this week, just 12 days after being born in the enclosure.
He was born on 25 October at Liberec Zoo and belongs to the Rothschild's Giraffe sub-species, of which there are thought to be fewer than 2,000 still living in the wild, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Unveiled on Wednesday, the as-yet-unnamed baby already stands 190cm tall and weighs around 60 kilograms.
Zoo director David Nejedlo said the baby's mother had also been born in the zoo, which has been breeding the animals for more than 30 years.
Forty-six giraffes have been born in the zoo since that time, and the current herd number is four – two adult females, another youngster aged two years, and the new arrival.
Numbers of giraffes living in the wild in African countries are decreasing, making breeding programmes in zoos more and more important, according to Nejeldo.