The saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), also called spindlehorn, Asian unicorn, or infrequently, Vu Quang bovid, is one of the world's rarest large mammals, a forest-dwelling bovine native to the Annamite Range in Vietnam and Laos.

May 21, 2012 · Two decades after the sensational discovery of a new ungulate species called the saola, this rare animal remains as mysterious and elusive as ever. WWF warns the species is sliding towards extinction because of intensive hunting pressure and poor reserve management.

May 21, 2012 · Two decades after the sensational discovery of a new ungulate species called the Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), this rare animal remains as mysterious and elusive as ever. The Saola Working Group (SWG) of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, WWF and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) warn that the species is sliding towards extinction ...

Dec 1, 2006 · Recent sleuthing suggests that the exotic ungulate is sliding toward extinction. At most, 250 saola are thought to roam the Annamites (called the Truong Son Mountains in Vietnam) of central Vietnam and Laos. Now scientists are embarking on a lastditch effort to save the critically endangered species.

Apr 27, 2024 · Since 1992, the saola has only been documented a handful of times, including a couple animals briefly held in captivity and a couple others caught on camera trap. The last conclusive proof the saola still existed was in 2013 when one …

May 3, 2024 · In Viet Nam's Annamite Mountains, conservationists search for the elusive saola, hoping to save the critically endangered "Asian unicorn" from extinction.

Mar 2, 2020 · The most recent verified physical evidence of a living wild Saola is a photograph taken in 2013 by an automatic camera-trap in Vietnam. More recently, in 2018, researchers found a trophy of a dead Saola on the wall of a hunter’s house near a national park in Vietnam, from an animal which was reportedly killed in 2016.

Feb 6, 2025 · Deep in the misty forests of Vietnam and Laos, a creature so elusive and rare that it has been dubbed the "Asian Unicorn" walks the edge of extinction. The Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) is one of the world’s most endangered mammals, and tragically, it may vanish before most people have even heard of it. A Mysterious Discovery.

Nov 16, 2013 · Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), is one of the rarest animals in the world living in the remote forest in the Truong Son Mountains in Vietnam and Laos. Saola is the extremely endangered species in the wild, which is named in the Red Books of IUCN and Vietnam.

Mar 3, 2015 · Evidence for the existence of saola came in 1992 from the head of a dead saola nailed on the wall in the shack of a Vietnamese hunter. So, why did deBuys embark on his elusive journey for a ghost of a large mammal?