The saola Pseudoryx nghetinhensis in Vietnam: New information on distribution and habitat preferences, and conservation needs. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in Indo-Burma] Reference
Other endangered large mammals include the Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), Giant Muntjac (Megamuntiacus vuquangensis) and possibly the Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis). From Wordnik.com. [Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam] Reference
It was just under a decade ago that the Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) was discovered during biological surveys of the intact forests along the rugged and little-explored mountains of the northern Annamite Range. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Annamites rain forests] Reference
John MacKinnon, the zoologist best known for his involvement in the discovery of the Saola Pseudoryx nghetinensis, has reportedly never seen a wild Sumatran rhino, despite all his time in the field and efforts to find them. From Wordnik.com. [Are Sumatran rhinos really ‘living fossils’?] Reference
(09-09-2009) The sao la (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) resembles an antelope. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Organize your child's toys] Reference
Listed as Critically Endangered, the saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) - a type of forest antelope-is so rare and secretive that it was only discovered in 1992. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
In just the last 12 years, six large mammal species were discovered in the hotspot, five of them in the Annamite Mountains: the saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis, EN), large-antlered muntjac (Muntiacus vuquangensis), Annamite muntjac (M. truongsonensis), grey-shanked douc (Pygathrix cinerea) and Annamite striped rabbit (Nesolagus timminsi). From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in Indo-Burma] Reference
One of the world's rarest and least-known mammals risks extinction in the next few years if steps are not immediately taken to preserve it, according to experts speaking at an emergency meeting of the saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), a kind of ox or cattle that looks more like an antelope, was discovered by science in 1992, and was declared critically endangered soon afterward. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American] Reference
Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), Annamites, Vietnam. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Annamites rain forests] Reference
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