Pseudoryx nghetinhensis

Vu Van Dung, Pham Mong Giao, Nguyen Ngoc Chinh, Do Tuoc, Arctander, & J. MacKinnon, 1993

Saola

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Bovinae
Tribe : Bovini
Genus : Pseudoryx

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dung, V.V., Giao, P.M., Chinh, N.N., Tuoc, D., Arctander, P. and MacKinnon, J. 1993-06. A new species of living bovid from Vietnam. Nature 363(6428):443-445.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1038/363443a0

Original name as described

Pseudoryx nghetinhensis

Other common names

Spindlehorn · Vu Quang Ox

Type material

FIPI MVQ001

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Vietnam.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Laos · Vietnam

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006273

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Pseudoryx nghetinhensis

Vu Van Dung, Pham Mong Giao, Nguyen Ngoc Chinh, Do Tuoc, Arctander, & J. MacKinnon, 1993

Family

Bovidae

Root name

nghetinhensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FIPI MVQ001

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

443

Authority publication

Nature

Name usages

  1. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  3. Groves & Grubb (2011:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18597/166485696) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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