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  • 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.

    Are Sumatran rhinos really ‘living fossils’? Darren Naish 2006

  • The saola Pseudoryx nghetinhensis in Vietnam: New information on distribution and habitat preferences, and conservation needs.

    Biological diversity in Indo-Burma 2008

  • 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.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Other endangered large mammals include the Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), Giant Muntjac (Megamuntiacus vuquangensis) and possibly the Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis).

    Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam 2008

  • 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.

    Northern Annamites rain forests 2007

  • 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.

    Mongabay.com News Jeremy Hance 2010

  • 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.

    Scientific American 2009

  • (09-09-2009) The sao la (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) resembles an antelope.

    WN.com - Articles related to Organize your child's toys 2009

  • 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).

    Biological diversity in Indo-Burma 2008

  • Family Species Cercopithecidae Semnopithecus francoisi Hylobatidae Hylobates gabriellae Bovidae* Pseudoryx nghetinhensis* Cervidae* Megamuntiacus vuquangensis* Cervidae* Muntiacus truongsonensis* Cervidae* Muntiacus (Buhouang muntjak) * Cercopithecidae Pygathrix nemaeus An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion

    Northern Annamites rain forests 2007

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