Pitter-patter of rare tapir feet hailed as conservation victory

An endangered Malayan tapir has been born at a UK zoo, in what the zoo said was an "important moment" for conservation.

- Robyn Vinter

The female calf, which zookeepers have named Nessa, was born weighing 9kg on Wednesday at Chester zoo, one of only two places in the country to keep tapirs, a species related to the horse and the rhinoceros.

Nessa has a distinctive coat of spots and stripes that would camouflage her on the forest floor, but this will change over the next six months to match the black and white pattern of her mother, Margery.