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Kouprey (Bos Sauveli)
Kouprey, the original Khmer name that means ‘wild ox’, with the scientific name Bos Sauveli, is a type of quadruped that lives in the forest, and it's about the size of a wild buffalo. They are found mostly in the fields and mountain forests of northern Cambodia and are also believed to live in southern Laos, western Vietnam, and eastern Thailand. They were first spotted in 1937.
During the 1960s, the King of the Kingdom of Cambodia designated and declared Kouprey as a symbol of Cambodia's natural heritage.
It is estimated that there are fewer than 250 wild oxen left in the world. The world considers the Kouprey to be a critically endangered species, listed in the IUCN Red List.
On 21 March 2005, the Kouprey was designated as the national animal of the Kingdom of Cambodia.
