Saola | Asian Unicorn | Vu Quang Bovid | Spindlehorn

SAOLAS
00:00 Intro
00:07 Saola
ALSO CALLED SPINDLEHORN, ASIAN UNICORN, OR VU QUANG BOVID
SAOLA IN VIETNAM MEANS “SPINNING-WHEEL-POST-HORN”
Conservation - Critically Endangered
Height - 84 Centimetres (33 Inches)
Weight - 80-100 Kilo Grams
Tail - 23 Centimetres (9.1 Inches)
Identification - Brown Skin coat; White Patches on Face/Neck; Parallel Horns
Native to Annamite Range in Vietnam and Laos
RELATED TO WILD CATTLE, GOATS, AND ANTELOPES
ONE OF THE WORLD'S RAREST LARGE MAMMALS
ONLY SPECIES IN THE GENUS PSEUDORYX
FIRST REPORTED IN 1992 BY DO TUOC, A FOREST ECOLOGIST, AND HIS ASSOCIATES
FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF A LIVING SAOLA WAS TAKEN IN CAPTIVITY IN 1993
MOST RECENT PHOTO BY MOVEMENT-TRIGGERED CAMERA IN 2013
FREQUENTLY CALLED “THE ASIAN UNICORN” BUT THEY HAVE TWO HORNS
SPECIES OF WILD CATTLE, NOT A MYTHICAL CREATURE; THEIR NICKNAME “UNICORN” PAYS HOMAGE TO ITS ELUSIVENESS
DISTINCTIVE BLACK HORNS (UPTO 20 INCHES) ARCH GENTLY UP AND BACK FROM TOP OF THEIR HEAD
NO OTHER ASIAN WILD CATTLE SPECIES HAS SIMILAR TAPERED HORNS
SAOLAS ARE HERBIVORES
PREFERS TREE LEAVES, GRASSES, NUTS, AND BERRIES
WALKS QUIETLY AND SLOWLY THROUGH THE FORESTS
VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THEIR REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE
FIXED MATING SEASON (AUG-NOV)
FEMALES GIVE BIRTH TO ONLY A SINGLE CALF (APR-JUN)
SAOLA’S ARE CALM, POLITE AND SHY ANIMALS
INHABIT WET EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS FORESTS
PREFER RIVERS AND VALLEYS, IN WINTER THEY MIGRATE TO LOWLANDS
ACTIVE BOTH AT DAY AND NIGHT, RESTS DURING HOT MIDDAY
SOLITARY CREATURES BUT MAY ALSO GATHER IN GROUPS OF 2-7 INDIVIDUALS
LARGE GLANDS ON FACE, THAT SECRETE A THICK, MUCUS-LIKE SUBSTANCE
REASON FOR THIS PUNGENT SECRETION IS NOT KNOWN, BUT ASSUMED TO BE RELATED TO MARKING OF THEIR TERRITORY
FACE VALUE OF 400 VIETNAMESE ĐỒNG (18 MAY 2000)
SAOLOS FEATURED ON STAMPS IN VIETNAM
BIGGEST THREATS ARE HABITAT LOSS AND HABITAT FRAGMENTATION
ALSO SUFFER FROM HUNTING, ILLEGAL TRADE, TRADITIONAL MEDICINES, AND FOR THEIR MEAT
MORE THAN 26,651 SNARES HAVE SO FAR BEEN REMOVED FROM THEIR HABITATS BY CONSERVATION GROUPS
LISTED AS CRITICALLY ENDANGERED ON THE IUCN RED LIST OF THREATENED SPECIES AND THEIR POPULATION SIZE IS LESS THAN 750 INDIVIDUALS
AWARENESS-RAISING EFFORTS ABOUT THE SPECIES IS NEEDED
IN 2006 SAOLA WORKING GROUP WAS FORMED IN RECOGNITION OF THE NEED FOR URGENT, COORDINATED ACTION TO SAVE THEM FROM EXTINCTION
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04:53 Outro
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The Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) may look like an antelope, but it is actually a primitive cattle, the saola is the only surviving representative of the genus Pseudoryx and the subtribe Pseudorygina, Pseudorygina is the most basal extant subtribe of cattle, a cattle is any bovid that belongs to the tribe Bovini, there are three extant subtribes of cattle, Pseudorygina - the saola and its extinct relatives (includes 1 genus: Pseudoryx), Bubalina - the buffalo (includes 3 genera: Anoa, Bubalus, and Syncerus), and Bovina - the true cattle (includes 4 genera: Bibos, Bos, Poephagus, and Bison).

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