Keepers say they are "thrilled" by the arrival of the little one, which was born covered in unique white spots and stripes.

It's always so joyous and exciting when an endangered animal is born, and nothing could be cuter than the one born on Sunday, February 2 at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. The zoo welcomed a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf on Sunday,

An endangered baby animal that looks like a fuzzy “walking watermelon” was born at a Washington zoo. The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was born Feb. 2 at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, the zoo said in a news release.

Adorable endangered Malayan tapir calf born at Washington zoo - ‘Moo Deng who,’ one user wrote of the 20-pound ‘fuzzy, walking watermelon’