Photo 2.2
The Saola Pseudoryx nghetinhensis (Endangered) is generally considered to be the greatest mammal discovery in recent times, and is so different from any currently known species that a separate genus had to be created. It was only ‘discovered’ by western science in 1992 and described in 1993. Occurs in Lao PDR and Viet Nam.
Photo: © WWF-Canon / David Hulse.