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Zoo officials will introduce the second calf delivered by 20-year-old Rozie, an Asian elephant, at a news conference this morning.

Rozie gave birth to the female calf after 22 months of gestation.

The calf makes for the seventh elephant at ABQ BioPark.

Elephant manager Rhonda Saiers says both mother and daughter are doing well. Saiers says the calf is learning to nurse and will meet her sister, Daizy, and grandmother, Alice, in a few days.

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The zoo says the calf will not yet be part of the public exhibit.

The zoo plans to let the public vote on a name for the calf via the BioPark’s Facebook page.