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Denver Zoo gets a little brighter with birth of critically endangered Sumatran orangutan

Cerah should make her public debut in a couple weeks, according to the zoo

Elizabeth Hernandez in Denver on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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Colorado just got a little bit brighter with the : a baby girl Sumatran orangutan named Cerah.

The critically endangered animal was named after an Indonesian word meaning “bright,” often used to refer to sunshine.

Cerah was brought into this world Sunday evening to parents Nias and Berani. Nias and her baby are in good health, according to the Denver Zoo.

Cerah and Nias are hanging out behind the scenes now, resting up and bonding without inquiring eyes. Cerah should make her public debut within the next two weeks in the Great Apes exhibit in Primate Panorama, the zoo said.

Cerah is a honeymoon baby, conceived less than a month after Nias, 29, and Berani, 25, were set up in July.

Sumatran orangutans have a worldwide population estimation of 14,600, classifying them as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s list of threatened species.

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