This information offers hope for the future of one of the world’s most endangered mammals.

The rhinos, a female named Helen and a male named Luther, were seen with their mother in footage from the nearly 100 photo traps installed in the park, local authorities said. country Ujung Kulon.

On the westernmost tip of Java in Banten province, Ujung Kulon is the last remaining wild habitat of the Javan rhino. After years of declining population, the emergence of new rhinos has brought the total number of rare mammals to 74.

The reserve includes approximately 5,100 hectares of lush tropical forests and freshwater springs. The Indonesian government has surveyed other areas across the Java and Sumatra islands to help resettle rhinos from the danger zone of Mount Krakatau, an active volcano not far from the national park.

"These births offer great hope for the continuation of life for this particularly critically endangered Javan rhino," said Wiratno, a senior official with the Ministry of the Environment.

Javan rhinoceroses have loose folds of skin that make them look like they’re wearing armor. They used to have numbers in the thousands across Southeast Asia, but have been hit hard by widespread poaching and human encroachment on their habitats.