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Rangers spot three rare animals in Quang Binh
Forest rangers who made the discovery said there were two large animals and a baby.
Due to its relatively inaccessible habitat, little is known about the elusive long-horned mammal, which was first observed in the late1990s.
The first trace of the specie’s existence was a pair of horns found by Vietnamese zoologist Do Tuoc near the Vu Quang Nature Reserve in Ha Tinh Province. He was accompanying a World Wildlife Fund research team at the time.
The animal was then named Pseudoryx nghetinhensis.
Nghetinhensis refers to the two north-central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh.
In 1996, many traces of the rare animal were reported in several Thua Thien-Hue Province districts.
In 2002, evidence of sao la was also found in Le Thuy District, Quang Binh Province.
Source: SGGP
