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".
| Kouprey Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene–Holocene | |
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| The holotype specimen, a young bull at the Paris Zoological Park, 1937 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Genus: | Bos |
| Species: | B. sauveli |
| Binomial name | |
| Bos sauveli Urbain, 1937 | |
| Geographic range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bos (Bibos) sauveli (Urbain, 1937) | |
The kouprey is listed as Critically Endangered and possibly extinct on the IUCN Red List. The last confirmed sighting of a wild individual took place in 1969.
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