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Kouprey
A kouprey (''Bos sauveli'', from (クメール語:គោព្រៃ), (:koː prɨj), "wild ox"; also known as ''kouproh'', "grey ox"), is a wild, forest-dwelling bovine species found mainly in northern Cambodia and believed to exist in southern Laos, western Vietnam, and eastern Thailand. It became known to zoologists in 1937.〔Urbain, A.: "(Le kou-prey ou bœuf gris cambodgien )", ''Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France'' 62 (5), 1937, pp. 305–307.〕
==Description==
The kouprey is believed to be a close relative to the aurochs and the gaur. A very large ungulate, the kouprey can approach similar sizes to the wild Asian water buffalo. These bovids measure along the head and body, not counting a tail, and stand high at the shoulder. Their weight is reportedly from .〔() (2011).〕〔Burnie D and Wilson DE (Eds.), ''Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife''. DK Adult (2005), ISBN 0789477645〕 Unverified reports of a body mass up to from Vietnam are considered dubious, since they far exceed other recorded weights for the species.
Kouprey have tall, narrow, bodies, long legs and humped backs. They can be grey, dark brown or black. The horns of the female are lyre-shaped with antelope-like upward spirals. The horns of the male are wide and arch forward and upward; they begin to fray at the tips at about three years of age. Both sexes have notched nostrils and long tails.
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