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Discovery and conservation of the Vu Quang ox in Vietnam

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Vu Van Dung ,
Pham Mong Giao ,
Nguyen Ngoc Chinh ,
Do Tuoc  and
John MacKinnon
Vu Van Dung
Affiliation:
FIPI, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Pham Mong Giao
Affiliation:
MOF, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Nguyen Ngoc Chinh
Affiliation:
FIPI, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Do Tuoc
Affiliation:
FIPI, Hanoi, Vietnam.
John MacKinnon
Affiliation:
Asian Bureau for Conservation, 18E Capital Building, 175–191 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
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Abstract

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In May 1992 the discovery of three pairs of horns in the only remaining area of pristine forest in northern Vietnam led to the description of a new species of ox. A total of 20 specimens have now been found, most of them consisting of only the horns and part of the skull. The Ministry of Forestry in Vietnam is enlarging and upgrading protected areas in the suspected 4000-sq-km range of the Vu Quang ox and surveys are under way in two proposed reserves in neighbouring Laos where the ox is also reported to occur. Meanwhile a local campaign is necessary to inform villagers of the valuable nature of this species and to ban further hunting.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , January 1994 , pp. 16 - 21
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1994

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