Weighing in at 100 grams , pink-skinned and covered in white fur, Vienna’s newest panda clung to its mother after a highly rare natural birth.
Pictures showed the 10-centimetre cub nestled in the paw of Giant Panda Yang Yang and being carried in her mouth at the city’s Schoenbrunn zoo.
Staff said it was only the third successful attempt to breed the endangered species naturally in Europe - the other two cubs also came into the world at the Vienna zoo and are now back in their home country China.
Keepers are keeping their distance to avoid disturbing the mother and child, and still haven’t been able to work out its gender.
“Although we are of course very happy, we must remain realistic. The mortality rate for Giant Pandas is around 40 per cent during the first year,” said zoo director Dagmar Schratter.
Yang Yang and her baby, who was born on Wednesday, will spend the next few months in the breeding box where the birth took place.