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	This mounted specimen of the newly discovered goat-like bovid, called the sao la Pseudoryx nghetinhensis is in the Forest Inventory and Planning Institute in Hanoi. This early mounted specimen was made without a clear idea of how the animal really looks. The face is somewhat shorter than in the living animal. Location: Hanoi Date: 1993 Credit: Prof. Dr. Cao Van Sung
	These are skulls of sao la Pseudoryx nghetinhensis in the Forest Inventory and Planning Institute in Hanoi. The discovery of a new animal is both fascinating and risky for the animal. Very soon after this species, and the new muntjak shown below, were discovered hunters began 'collecting' specimens in the hope of a profit. Both government and NGO officers tried to play down the discovery in areas where the animals wer known to occur, even discouraging foreign journalists from visiting the area. One hunter, interviewed on Vietnamese television, caused a furore boasting of his new-found work, killing and capturing sao la. Several young sao la were brought to Hanoi for study in 1993-1995 but all died. Location: Hanoi Date: March 1995 Credit: Vern Weitzel
	The three specimens on the right are skulls of the newly discovered robust muntjak deer Megamuntiacus vuquangensis in the Forest Inventory and Planning Institute in Hanoi. This species is now known to occur in border areas between Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. The skull on the fare left is of a common muntjak Muntiacus muntjak which also occurs in Vietnam. Location: Hanoi Date: March 1995 Credit: Vern Weitzel

Prepared by Vern Weitzel <vern@coombs.anu.edu.au>
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