Saola

The first confirmed sighting of a saola in Laos.

 

The Saola or Vu Quang ox, also, infrequently, Vu Quang bovid (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), one of the world's rarest mammals, is a forest-dwelling bovine found only in Vietnam (Vu Quang Nature Reserve) and in Laos, near the Vietnam-Laotian border.

 

Image: Bolikhamxay Provincial Conservation Unit.

 

NOTE: This image appears along with a news story in accordance with FAIR USE LAWS on GrrlScientist's blog (at The Guardian), Punctuated Equilibrium.

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