Kouprey: Bos sauveli
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www.wildcattleconservation.org | Kouprey Bos sauveli Urbain, 1937 Campbell was probably the first to report the existence of the kouprey in 1860, following by Dufossé in 1918, and Vittoz in 1933. The species was first scientifically described by Achille Urbain in 1937 from a young male kouprey captured in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia. This kouprey was sent alive by René Sauvel to Vincennes Zoo in Paris, where it lived for about five years. Classification of the kouprey has long been uncertain. While some authors believe the kouprey was a genuine species, others suggest that it may have been a feral cattle, or a hybrid between wild and domesticated cattle. However, on the basis of description of a fossil kouprey skull from north-eastern Thailand (Vithayanon and Bhumpakphan, 2004), most authors are now in agreement that the kouprey was a real species. This kouprey skull seems to date from the late Pleistocene or early Holocene age which would be inconsistent with the hypothesis that the kouprey originated from hybridization between the banteng (
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