Kouprey
The kouprey (Bos sauveli), also known as the forest ox and grey ox, is a possibly extinct species of forest-dwelling wild bovine native to Southeast Asia. It was first scientifically described in 1937. The name kouprey is derived from the Khmer language and means "forest ox".[4]
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| File:Kouprey at Paris Zoological Gardens in 1937 (Colored).jpg | |
| The holotype specimen, a young bull at the Paris Zoological Park, 1937 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Genus: | Bos |
| Species: | B. sauveli
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| Bos sauveli Urbain, 1937
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Bos (Bibos) sauveli (Urbain, 1937)[3] | |
The kouprey is listed as Critically Endangered and possibly extinct on the IUCN Red List.[2] The last confirmed sighting of a wild individual took place in 1969.[5]
- ↑ Suraprasit, K.. The Middle Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from Khok Sung (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand): biochronological and paleobiogeographical implications. ZooKeys (613) (2016). p. 1–157. doi:10.3897/zookeys.613.8309.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Timmins, R.J.. 'Bos sauveli'. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016 (2016)IUCN. p. e.T2890A46363360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T2890A46363360.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ Urbain, A.. Note complémentaire sur le Bæuf sauvage du Cambodge (Bos (Bibos) Sauveli Urbain). 2. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 11 (6) (1939). p. 519–520.
- ↑ Kouprey (in en). www.wwf.org.kh. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ↑
Kouprey Media
A bull (centre) and cow (right) kouprey, compared to a human
A statue of two kouprey bulls, located in Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia.
Oon, A.. Politics of Extinction: On the trail of Cambodia's kouprey. Southeast Asia Globe (2022). Retrieved 2023-06-21.
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