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.

The team found a skull with unusual long, straight horns in a hunter's home and knew it was something extraordinary. The find proved to be the first large mammal discovery in more than 50 years, and one of the most spectacular zoological discoveries of the 20th century.

May 24, 2012 · The team found a skull with unusual long, straight horns in a hunter's home and knew it was something extraordinary. The find proved to be the first large mammal new to science in more than 50 years and one of the most spectacular zoological discoveries of the 20th century.

Only found in the Annamite Mountains of Vietnam and Laos, saolas were only recently discovered in 1992. A survey team from the Ministry of Forestry, Vietnam were examining biodiversity in the national park, when they were provided a strange skull with long, pointed horns from a …

This skull features a pair of long and pointed horns which unlike any animal then known from Southeast Asia. Later, the team found more sets of horns and proved that they belonged to a large mammal species first discovered in 50 years.

Jun 4, 2018 · They’d noticed an unusual skull with long, elegant horns in a hunter’s collection, and that set them on a mission to find a live one in the forests of the remote Annamite Mountains: A Ka Tu hunter with saola skull in the Quang Nam Province of Vietnam.

The team found a skull with unusual horns in a hunter's home and knew it was something extraordinary. The find proved to be the first large mammal new to science in more than 50 years and one of the most spectacular species discoveries of the 20th century.

Mar 1, 2018 · “What the heck is a saola?” you ask. The saola is a large forest-dwelling bovine that lives only in the Annamite Moutains in Laos and Vietnam, and it’s critically endangered.

Mar 2, 2025 · Skull of a Saola showing its long horns. Dao Nguyen and James Hardcastle, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. The saola is distinguishable by its striking long horns, which can grow up to 20 inches, and its unique facial markings, which resemble a mask.

Jan 12, 2018 · Discovered by scientists in 1994 (when they found a saola skull, distinguished by the two long straight horns, among a hunter's possessions), the saola is considered critically endangered; just about 100 of them are thought to exist.