Nature Atlas

How Nature Works
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

Specy

Kouprey

Mammals

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, and its name comes from the Khmer for forest ox. It was defined as the national mammal of Cambodia in 2005. The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered and possibly extinct, and the last confirmed sighting of a wild individual took place in 1969. As of 2016 the Red List put the wild population at no more than 50 individuals. Trophy hunting, hunting for meat, horns and skulls, and the Vietnam War and Cambodian Civil War all put pressure on it. Its total lifespan is thought to be around 20 years.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
Population Trend
Decreasing 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Threats
Biological Resource Use 1
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Conservation Status
Critically Endangered 1
Lifespan
20 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Bovidae, Taxa
Source Bovidae - Wikipedia

In Biome

Grassland, Biomes
Source Kouprey (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Cambodia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Kouprey (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
The range of the kouprey once stretched from eastern Thailand and southern Laos to the western edge of Vietnam and northern Cambodia.
China

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Kouprey (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, where it lives
Quote, Distribution and habitat, where it lives
Archaeological evidence shows that it also occurred in northern Yunnan, China.
Laos

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Kouprey (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
The range of the kouprey once stretched from eastern Thailand and southern Laos to the western edge of Vietnam and northern Cambodia.
Thailand

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Kouprey (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
The range of the kouprey once stretched from eastern Thailand and southern Laos to the western edge of Vietnam and northern Cambodia.
Vietnam

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Kouprey (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat
Quote, Distribution and habitat
The range of the kouprey once stretched from eastern Thailand and southern Laos to the western edge of Vietnam and northern Cambodia.
Sources
1. Kouprey (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    The kouprey is listed as Critically Endangered and possibly extinct on the IUCN Red List.
  • Lead, living or extinct
    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.
  • Behaviour and ecology
    Kouprey behaviour is described as similar to that of the banteng, with the two species often being found grazing alongside each other, though not intermixing.
  • Threats
    As of 2016, the IUCN Red List puts the wild population at no more than 50 individuals, with a decreasing population trend.
  • Threats, threats
    Trophy hunting has likely been a considerable pressure on kouprey since their discovery by the Western world in the 1930s.
  • Threats, relationship to people
    Kouprey have been hunted by local people for their meat, horns and skulls, the latter being highly symbolic culturally.
  • Behaviour and ecology, lifespan
    The total lifespan of a kouprey is thought to be around 20 years.
  • Distribution and habitat
    The range of the kouprey once stretched from eastern Thailand and southern Laos to the western edge of Vietnam and northern Cambodia.
  • Distribution and habitat, where it lives
    Archaeological evidence shows that it also occurred in northern Yunnan, China.
View the Source
Artiodactyla (Wikipedia)
In Group: Even-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla), Inner systematics
Quote, In Group: Even-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla), Inner systematics
The bovids (Bovidae) are the most species-rich family.
View the Source
Bovidae - Wikipedia
Child Taxon Of: Bovidae, Lead
Quote, Child Taxon Of: Bovidae, Lead
Bovidae is the biological family of cloven-hoofed, ruminant mammals that includes cattle, bison, buffalo, antelopes, and goat-antelopes such as sheep and goats.
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.