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The strange case of the spiral-horned ox

We know less about some living mammals than about many dinosaurs. Will the Vietnamese spiral-horned ox, known from a few horns, become extinct before scientists see a live one?

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  1. Peter, W. P. and Feiler, A. Hörner von einer unbekannten Bovidenart aus Vietnam (Mammalia: Ruminantia). Faun. Abh. Staatliches Mus. Tierkd. Dresden 19, 247 - 253, 1994.

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  2. Robert M. Timm and John H. Brandt, Pseudonovibos spiralis (Artiodactyla: Bovidae): new information on this enigmatic South-east Asian ox, Journal of Zoology 253, 157 - 166, 2001.

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Gee, H. The strange case of the spiral-horned ox. Nature (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/news010315-4

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