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[ljingham]

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Ecoregion adopts 2! North Vietnam Lowland Rainforest.

1. CIVETSTRIKE $30: OPEN

Based on Owston’s Palm Civet, which is native to Vietnam. This viverrid is currently endangered.

2. LORISFANG $25: OPEN

Based on the Pygmy Slow Loris, the only known venomous primate. It is also currently endangered.

3. SAOLASTEP $25: OPEN

Based on the Saola, also known as the Asian Unicorn or Spindlehorn, a bovine mammal native to Vietnam. They were only discovered/observed as late as 1993! They are considered critically endangered.

4. TEAKWHISKER $30: CLOSED

Named for/based the Teak tree, a hardwood tree in the Sage family. It’s valued for its water resistance and strength!

Adopts can be changed or renamed after purchase! I take Venmo and PayPal :3

[ognimdo2002]

Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) – Not a Typically a Cow 🐄

The saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), also called spindlehorn, Asian unicorn, or infrequently, Vu Quang bovid, is one of the world's rarest large mammals, a forest-dwelling bovine native to the Annamite Range in Vietnam and Laos. It was described in 1993 following a discovery of remains in Vũ Quang National Park by a joint survey of the Vietnamese Ministry of Forestry and the World Wide Fund for Nature.

It is the only species in the genus Pseudoryx. The saola is the member of the wild cattle, but it literally not a cattle at all, but same appearance as an antelope. A recent sequencing study of ribosomal mitochondrial DNA of a large taxon sample divides the bovid family into two major subfamilial clades. The first clade is the subfamily Bovinae consisting of three tribes: Bovini (cattle and buffaloes, including the saola), Tragelaphini (Strepsicerotini) (African spiral-horned bovids) and Boselaphini (the nilgai and four-horned antelope).

[yaeklore]

helpooi \(≧▽≦)

saola anon here.. ill jst go by 🍃

saolas are supperrrir awesoem

they’r e also claled spindlehorn, or the asian unicorn! they live in the annamite miuntains of Vietnam and laos

they’re telaly pretty, but only 750 of rhem exists, none are in captivity and theyre rarely seen

u shoudl searcht hem up!

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OOH I WILL SEARCH THEM UP, THANK YOU FOR THE INFO 🍃 ANON!!

[abbottv]

Bovine Country, Abbott Vanderwagen, 2024

Oil-on-canvas painting

Welcome to Bovine Country, a sanctuary where different bovines roam free and chew their cuds! This oil-on-canvas painting has a spectacular grassland and farm scenery. This farmhouse has a bovine skull on the top center and a silo on the left side. This farm, which is secured by a big white barrier, isn't like most of your "average, everyday" farms, this farm has different species of bovines! And we all know that a group of bovines is called a herd, a father is called a bull, a mother is called a cow, and a offspring is called a calf.

Here is a list of bovines that appear on the painting:

Lowland Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis) — Fact: Lowland anoas are impressive swimmers. They have been spotted swimming long distances to offshore islands

Banteng (also known as the Tembadau) (Bos javanicus) — Fact: The banteng shows extensive sexual dimorphism; adult bulls are generally dark brown to black, larger and more sturdily built than adult cows, which are thinner and usually pale brown or chestnut red.

Plains Bison (Bison bison bison) — Fact: The American bison is the largest land mammal in North America.

Western or Lowland Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus eurycerus) — Fact: Bongos are the largest forest antelope.

Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) — Fact: The horns of the cape buffalo are an excellent indication of age and gender. The females and young males do not have the hard shielding that protects the base of the skull in large adult males.

Cattle (Bos taurus) — Fact: They eat hay and grass, which are really hard to digest, so they chew them TWICE! The ruminant technique is called “cud chewing”. Example: A cow chews up the grass and swallows it. The food goes into her stomach where it starts to digest... but then, she then coughs it back up and chews it again before swallowing it for the last time.

Common Eland (also known as the Southern Eland or Eland Antelope) (Taurotragus oryx) — Fact: The eland is the largest African bovid, but the slowest antelope. It can only run at 25 miles per hour, but it can jump 10 feet from a standing start.

Gaur (Bos gaurus) — Fact: It is the largest species among the wild cattle and the bovids.

Gayal (also known as the Drung Ox or the Mithun) (Bos frontalis) — Fact: Gayal are not milked or put to work but given supplementary care while grazing in the woods, until they are ritually slaughtered or killed for local consumption.

Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) — Fact: They are capable of reaching 690 lbs and of having horns as long as 6 feet.

Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) — Fact: The nilgai is the biggest of the Asian antelopes.

Lowland Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) — Fact: They follow baboons, who discard the fruit and leaves that the nyala eats.

Saola (also called the Spindlehorn, the Asian Unicorn, or infrequently, the Vu Quang Bovid) (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) — Fact: Saolas have only been known to science since 1992!

Sitatunga (also known as the Marshbuck) (Tragelaphus spekii) — Fact: Sitatunga are swamp-dwelling antelopes and excellent swimmers. Their elongated, wide-splayed hooves help them walk on soft terrain such as swamps and marshes.

Yak (also known as the Tartary Ox, the Grunting Ox, the Hairy Cattle,  and the Domestic Yak) (Bos grunniens) — Fact: They can withstand frigid temperatures that can reach as low as -40 degrees Fahrenheit.

Add this painting to your collection, because it will make you say "Holy Cow!"

Finished on November 13, 2024

[antiqueanimals]

Last of the Wild: Vanished and Vanishing Giants of the Animal World. Written by Robert McClung. Illustrated by the author and Bob Hines. 1997.

[asterwild]

The saola, also known as a Vu Quang ox or spindlehorn, is a critically endangered bovine found in the mountains of Laos and Vietnam. They were first scientifically discovered in 1992 after a number of remains were found during a survey of Vũ Quang Nature Reserve. Documentation of a captive saola was published in 1998, and a live saola was photographed in the wild by a camera trap in 1999.

The saola remains one of the rarest large mammals in the world. It has never been directly observed in the wild by trained scientists. Most of what is known about the saola’s range and ecology is based on local accounts. Recent surveys indicate that the number of saolas is declining, and intact saola populations may no longer exist. Hunting, snares set for other animals, and habitat fragmentation continue to threaten the existence of this mysterious creature. However, they still exist in scattered numbers throughout the Annamite mountain range. Efforts to study and conserve the species are still underway.

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[kiyary]

DescriptionThe saola, also called siola, Vu Quang ox, spindlehorn, Asian unicorn, or, infrequently, the Vu Quang bovid, is one of the world's rarest large mammals, a forest-dwelling bovine found only in the Annamite Range of Vietnam and Laos. Incredibly, the saola was completely unknown to western science until its discovery from horns found in the houses of Vietnamese hunters in 1992. Now, less than two decades later, it is regarded as one of the most threatened mammals in Southeast Asia. Known as the Asian unicorn because of its rarity, the saola population may be as low as a few tens of individuals today. These are restricted to remaining forest in the Annamite Mountains between Vietnam and Lao PDR, where they are threatened with extinction by hunting and deforestation. These forests are littered with snares set for other species which are likely to capture saola. #endangeredspecies #animalkingdom #vietnam #wildlife #wildlifeanimals #stopextinction #procreate using #maxpacks (at Laos) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3fCSVXjQnP/?igshid=1lbgseidwgo7d