Description
The Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) is a mammal indigenous to Vietnam. It inhabits evergreen forests with little or no dry season in the annamite mountains.
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Fun Facts
Dubbed the 'Asian unicorn,' the saola was only discovered by science in 1992 — one of the most recent large mammal discoveries
It is so elusive that it has only been documented in the wild a handful of times by camera traps since its discovery
The saola is not a true antelope or unicorn — it belongs to its own genus and is one of the most evolutionarily distinct mammals
Found only in the Annamite Mountains spanning the Vietnam-Laos border, it is a symbol of the region's extraordinary biodiversity
It is the only large mammal discovered in the last 50+ years, making it one of the greatest zoological finds of the 20th century