Kouprey

Kouprey; Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene–Holocene
	The holotype specimen, a young bull at the Paris Zoological Park, 1937
Conservation status
	; Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix I (CITES)
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
	Bos (Bibos) sauveli (Urbain, 1937); Novibos sauveli (Coolidge, 1940)

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]

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]

References

↑ Suraprasit, K.; Jaegar, J.-J.; Chaimanee, Y.; Chavasseau, O.; Yamee, C.; Tian, P.; S. Panha (2016). "The Middle Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from Khok Sung (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand): biochronological and paleobiogeographical implications". ZooKeys (613): 1–157. Bibcode:2016ZooK..613....1S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.613.8309. PMC 5027644. PMID 27667928.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Timmins, R.J.; Burton, J. & Hedges, S. (2016). "Bos sauveli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T2890A46363360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T2890A46363360.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
↑ Urbain, A. (1939). "Note complémentaire sur le Bæuf sauvage du Cambodge (Bos (Bibos) Sauveli Urbain)". Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 2. 11 (6): 519–520.
↑ "Kouprey". www.wwf.org.kh. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
↑ Oon, A. (2022). "Politics of Extinction: On the trail of Cambodia's kouprey". Southeast Asia Globe. Retrieved 2023-06-21.

[1] Suraprasit, K.; Jaegar, J.-J.; Chaimanee, Y.; Chavasseau, O.; Yamee, C.; Tian, P.; S. Panha (2016). "The Middle Pleistocene vertebrate fauna from Khok Sung (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand): biochronological and paleobiogeographical implications". ZooKeys (613): 1–157. Bibcode:2016ZooK..613....1S. doi:10.3897/zookeys.613.8309. PMC 5027644. PMID 27667928.

[iucn-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Timmins, R.J.; Burton, J. & Hedges, S. (2016). "Bos sauveli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T2890A46363360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T2890A46363360.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[Urbain1939-3] Urbain, A. (1939). "Note complémentaire sur le Bæuf sauvage du Cambodge (Bos (Bibos) Sauveli Urbain)". Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. 2. 11 (6): 519–520.

[4] "Kouprey". www.wwf.org.kh. Retrieved 2023-06-21.

[Oon-2022-5] Oon, A. (2022). "Politics of Extinction: On the trail of Cambodia's kouprey". Southeast Asia Globe. Retrieved 2023-06-21.

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Kouprey Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene–Holocene^[1]

The holotype specimen, a young bull at the Paris Zoological Park, 1937
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)^[2]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)^[2]
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
Bos (Bibos) sauveli (Urbain, 1937)^[3] Novibos sauveli (Coolidge, 1940)