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	Animal Info - Kouprey
		The kouprey is a forest ox weighing 680 - 910 kg (1500 - 2000 lb).
		The kouprey is diurnal, grazing in open areas during the day, and entering the forest for shelter from the sun, for refuge from predators, and to seek food when the grasslands are dry.
		By 1986 it was believed to occur in the southernmost provinces of Laos, the Dongrak mountains of eastern Thailand and the western edge of Vietnam, with its distribution centered on the northern plains of Cambodia.
	www.animalinfo.org /species/artiperi/bos_sauv.htm (907 words)

	Pictures of the kouprey\|Bos sauveli facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The kouprey is one of the rarest animals on earth, indeed if any are left after the horrific wars that have taken place in its main habitat in Southeast Asia since WW II.
		Behavior: The kouprey is diurnal, grazing in open areas during the day, and entering the forest for shelter from the sun, for refuge from predators, and to seek food when the grasslands are dry.
		Kouprey is the name from Cambodian language of this wild ox which is 1 of the 4 species in Indochina.
	www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Artiodactyla/Bovidae/Bos/Bos-sauveli.html (234 words)

	Kouprey
		According to the IUCN (2002), the kouprey is critically endangered (Criteria: A2d, C1+2a, D).
		The kouprey was 'discovered' from a set of horns mounted as a hunting trophy in the house of the veterinarian, Dr. Sauvel.
		Some doubt surrounds the species status of the kouprey, with many scientists believing it is a cross between domestic cattle, bantengs, gaurs, or zebus.
	www.ultimateungulate.com /Artiodactyla/Bos_sauveli.html (756 words)

	The Cardamom Project: Kouprey
		Also known as the Cambodian forest ox, the kouprey (a word meaning "forest bull" in Khmer) is one of the most mysterious mammals in existence.
		The kouprey inhabits low, rolling hills with patches of dry forests, located near denser monsoon forests, living in herds of up to twenty, grazing in open areas during the day and entering the forest for shelter from predators and sunlight.
		The kouprey's range is centered in northern and eastern Cambodia, and it has also been known to exist in eastern Thailand, southern Laos, and western Vietnam.
	www.cardamom.org /kouprey.html (381 words)

	Asia's kouprey may not be new species - Boston.com
		Recent findings suggest that the kouprey, which may well be extinct, most likey originated as a domestic hybrid between the banteng and zebu cattle in Cambodia a century ago.
		They concluded that the kouprey, which may well be extinct, most likely originated as a hybrid bred from domestic banteng and zebu cattle in Cambodia a century ago and only later became wild, rather than arising in the wild as a natural species.
		The kouprey, a nomadic ox with dramatic curved horns that resembles a water buffalo, was first identified in 1937 as a new species.
	www.boston.com /news/science/articles/2006/10/21/asias_kouprey_may_not_be_new_species (1079 words)

	StrangeArk: More on Kouprey Demotion
		A famous zoological discovery of the 20th century was that of the kouprey Bos sauveli, a medium-sized ox inhabiting Cambodian forests.
		The kouprey was suspiciously intermediate between banteng oxen and domestic zebu cattle in its structure.
		The researchers had predicted, based on a study of kouprey anatomy, that the kouprey was a hybrid form and would show mitochondrial DNA similar to that of the banteng.
	www.strangeark.com /blog/2006/12/more-on-kouprey-demotion.html (629 words)

	Kouprey \| English \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		Kouprey (Bos sauveli also known as Kouproh) is a wild forest-dwelling ox found mainly in northern Cambodia but also believed to exist in southern Laos, western Vietnam, and eastern Thailand.
		The horns of the females are lyre-shaped with antelope-like upward spirals the horns of the male are widespread and arch forward and upward, which begin to split at about three years of age.
		Kouprey have two toes at the centre of their hooves, the index and small toes are small hoof like parts close to the ankle.
	www.babylon.com /definition/Kouprey/English (208 words)

	Kouprey - Bos sauveli: More Information - ARKive
		Kouprey means ‘forest bull' in Khmer and its long and wide-reaching horns certainly create an imposing animal (5).
		The kouprey has been known to Western science since 1937 (6), although it had been discovered previously, when in 1929 an American man and his son shot and killed an unidentified ungulate to use as tiger bait whilst big game hunting.
		Kouprey numbers were noticed to be declining rapidly between the 1940s and the 1960s.
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/mammals/Bos_sauveli/more_info.html (707 words)

	Zoo Tycoon Center -- Zoo Tycoon + Fun = Zoo Tycoon Center
		The Kouprey is one of only four living subgenera of true cattle in the genus Bos, which also includes the Gaur, Banteng, and Yak.
		There were no kouprey seen during an aerial survey of Cambodia in 1994 and ground surveys in Cambodia, Lao and Viet Nam failed to produce evidence of significant numbers of animals.
		Kouprey typically graze in open areas during the day, entering the forest for shelter from the sun, refuge from predators, and to seek food when the grasslands are dry.
	www.freewebs.com /ztwpedia/page4.htm (1079 words)

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		The kouprey is a bovid, which means a mammal having hollow horns that eats grasses.
		Although the kouprey is protected, more needs to be done to keep it from becoming extinct.
		Since numbers of kouprey are declining due to deforestation deforestation are clear, the kouprey is protected.
	whs.d214.org /results/whslibspecial/class_projects/DadkoKoupreyEssay.doc (742 words)

	Wildlife Extra - Large mammal discovered in 1937 may never have existed
		The scientists compared a DNA sequence from the kouprey with sequences taken from a Cambodian wild ox, the banteng.
		They had predicted, based on a study of kouprey anatomy, that the kouprey was a hybrid and would show mitochondrial DNA similar to that of the banteng.
		The kouprey, the national animal of Cambodia, may have originated as a domestic hybrid, between banteng and zebu cattle, that later became wild.
	www.wildlifeextra.com /news-kouprey.html (487 words)

	Kouprey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Habitat: The kouprey inhabits low, rolling hills, covered by a mosaic of open forest (dry dipterocarp forest) and savannah adjacent to denser monsoon forest, a habitat that has been largely created by slash-and-burn agriculture.
		The kouprey occurs in the Eastern Indochina Dry & Monsoon Forests Global 200 Ecoregion.
		Social Organization: The kouprey lives in herds of up to 20, which generally contain cows and their calves but can include bulls during the dry season.
	library.thinkquest.org /C0124109/ingles/info/animal/kouprey.html (179 words)

	A Celebrity Among Ungulates May Soon Be Dismissed as a Poseur - New York Times
		Kouprey bulls stand just over six feet tall and weigh up to 1,800 pounds, with a humpback, a dewlap — the loose fold of skin dangling from the neck — that can drag the ground and elaborate curved horns.
		Kouprey are probably extinct in the wild, victims of overhunting, war and habitat loss.
		Although the kouprey reproduced in the wild, they were in decline almost from the moment of their escape from domesticity.
	www.nytimes.com /2006/09/12/science/12kouprey.html?ex=1315713600&en=4583abaff8af5846&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (1238 words)

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		Today, whatever kouprey exist are restricted to an area along both sides of the Mekong River in northern Kampuchea, the Dangrek Range, and other parts of eastern Thailand to the far south of Laos, and to the westernmost part of Vietnam.
		Kouprey utilize some of the same feeds as wild banteng, and the two animals often live in a loose association.
		Also, kouprey bulls are distinctive for their long dewlap, and they probably have more skin area for their weight than other bovines and are therefore better able to eliminate body heat.
	sleekfreak.ath.cx:81 /3wdev/CD3WD/AGRIC/B18ASE/B1071_6.HTM (5375 words)

	Northwestern Biologists Demote Southeast Asia's 'Forest Ox', NewsCenter, Northwestern University
		This male banteng, a wild Cambodian ox, was found to have mitochondrial DNA similar to that of the kouprey.
		The researchers had predicted, based on a study of kouprey anatomy, that the kouprey was a hybrid form and would show mitochondrial DNA similar to that of the banteng.
		The kouprey, which is now the national animal of Cambodia, may have originated as a domestic hybrid, between banteng and zebu cattle, that later became wild.
	www.northwestern.edu /newscenter/stories/2006/09/kouprey.html (558 words)

	:: Kouprey Amigos dos Santuários de Animais ::
		Also known as the Cambodian Forest Ox, the kouprey (meaning "forest bull" in khmer) is onde of the most mysterious mammalsin the world.
		The kouprey inhabits low, rolling hills with patches of dry forests, located near denser monsoon forests, living in herds of up to 20, graising in open areas during the day and entering the forest on sunlight.
		The kouprey's range is centered in northern and eastern Cambodja, easter Thailand, southern Laos and western Vietnam.
	www.kasa.org.br /koupreyingles.htm (242 words)

	Hunting the Elusive Kouprey
		Vuthy concluded that the last proven sighting of a kouprey was in 1983, and that the species may have completely vanished sometime during the late 1980s.
		In "Quest for the Kouprey," a definitive 1995 article on the subject, author Steve Hendrix wrote "the most painful of all [has been] the excruciating near-successes of fresh tracks, second-hand reports and botched captures.
		Wharton estimated that there were roughly 400 to 500 head of kouprey west of the Mekong, 200 to 300 in Lomphat wildlife sanctuary and 50 in the Samrong district of Kratie province.
	www.fcccambodia.com /newsletter/0906/kouprey.php (726 words)

	Bangkok Post Breaking News
		Scientists have started a campaign to debunk the kouprey, the mysterious animal seen by few but thought for the past 70 years to be a wild ox and possibly an evolutionary missing link.
		An ox with dramatic, curving horns, the kouprey was roughly the size and body shape of a water buffalo.
		They obtained two heads of kouprey, kept from the 1960s when conservationists were trying to protect the animals, and performed studies of the mitochondrial DNA.
	www.bangkokpost.com /breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=113728 (596 words)

	NU Biologists Disprove Existence Of Ox Species - Campus
		Although other recent studies have said the kouprey is a separate species, debate rages around the animal's classification, which was first documented in Cambodia in the early 20th century.
		The result of the comparison, the researchers said, was that the kouprey DNA was nearly identical to that of the banteng.
		This suggested that the kouprey was a hybrid between the banteng and another ox species, perhaps the zebu, which has also been domesticated across Asia.
	media.www.dailynorthwestern.com /media/storage/paper853/news/2006/10/11/Campus/Nu.Biologists.Disprove.Existence.Of.Ox.Species-2343579.shtml (390 words)

	ENN: Environmental News Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		BANGKOK, Thailand -- Among the rarest mammals in Southeast Asia, the kouprey's discovery almost 70 years ago in the jungles of Cambodia stunned the scientific community and led to a decades-long campaign to save it from extinction.
		Galbreath and his team compared the DNA from two kouprey skulls _ something previously impossible because of technological limitations _ with that of the Cambodian banteng and found they were similar.
		American zoologist Charles Wharton failed in the 1960s to capture the beasts _ two died and three escaped _ as part of a project to raise them in captivity in Texas.
	www.enn.com /today_PF.html?id=11500 (951 words)

	Cambodia's National Animal Never Existed, Scientists Say
		Summary An ox-like creature called the kouprey has been a national symbol in Cambodia for decades—but a team of researchers says it probably was never a unique species at all.
		The story of the kouprey seems to begin in 1940, when the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology put on display what it described as a new species of ox.
		The kouprey became so famous that in 1960 it was named the national animal of Cambodia, and over the years there have been vigorous efforts to preserve its diminishing numbers.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2006/11/061103-cambodia-kouprey.html (422 words)

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		This is no snail darter -- the kouprey stands 6 feet tall, weighs a solid ton and sports a massive rack of horns.
		But the unbroken play of war, genocide and general mayhem raging through Southeast Asia has rendered the kouprey invisible to the eager eyes of science.
		I sent Kurtis a magazine article I'd written about the kouprey and suggested the time was right to jump-start the search.
	www.felidae.org /PROJECTS/Tiger_in_Cambodia/kouprey_article_chicago_tribune.html (1815 words)

	Oxen 'may be kouprey'
		Wild oxen resembling the kouprey, a wild species believed to be the most endangered large mammal in the world, have been spotted deep in the jungle near to where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia meet, the head of the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Variety Conservation Department said.
		The last time anyone saw one of the animals alive was in 1940, when a kouprey displayed in the Vicennes Zoo in Paris died from starvation.
		Kouprey, banteng and gaur are in the same family of wild cattle.
	www.nationmultimedia.com /2006/09/01/national/national_30012470.php (475 words)

	UNEP-WCMC - Kouprey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kouprey have also been recorded in the Dongrak mountains of eastern Thailand, the southernmost provinces of Laos and the western edge of Vietnam (MacKinnon and Stuart, 1988).
		Kouprey are reported to be active, restless animals (MacKinnon and Stuart, 1988).
		Recent surveys of suspected Kouprey range in Cambodia have been undertaken by IUCN; no Kouprey were observed but there is still a high level of confidence that Kouprey occurred in the surveyed areas (Oliver and Woodford, 1994).
	www.unep-wcmc.org /species/data/species_sheets/kouprey.htm (502 words)

	Endangered Animals in Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Common Names: Grey Ox The kouprey is a large forest ox with a characteristic dewlap hanging from the neck.
		Koupreys prefer low, rolling hills covered by open country interrupted with patches of dry forest and adjacent to denser monsoon forest.
		Koupreys became known to Western science only in 1937.
	www.zoo.com.sg /endangeredanimals/animals/kouprey.htm (227 words)

	Thai Wildlife : Rare or Extinct : Kouprey (Kouproh)
		The kouprey is considered to be in the same family as the buffalo.
		The front of the legs down to the ends of the hooves are white giving the kouprey an appearance of wearing white socks.
		The kouprey is found in the northeast of Thailand along the border with Cambodia.
	www.tscwa.org /wildlife/rare_or_extinct_04.html (309 words)

	Asia's Kouprey May Not Be New Species
		Galbreath and his team compared the DNA from two kouprey skulls—something previously impossible because of technological limitations—with that of the Cambodian banteng and found they were similar.
		American zoologist Charles Wharton failed in the 1960s to capture the beasts—two died and three escaped—as part of a project to raise them in captivity in Texas.
		"We never found the kouprey, but did come across Khmer Rouge soldiers who spotted us and fled, presumably to inform their commandeers of a group of white guys heavily armed in the area," Thayer said in an e- mail message.
	www.breitbart.com /?id=2006-10-21_D8KTCJGG0&show_article=1&cat=sci (954 words)

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