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World’s rarest large land mammal Genome
May 10 , 2025
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- The Scientists have mapped the genome of the saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis), the rarest large land mammal in the world.
- They found that the bovine spilt into two populations between 5,000 and 20,000 years ago.
- This split coincided with likely changes in the distribution of dense forest habitat during and after the Last Glacial Maximum.
- The saola is categorised as ‘Critically Endangered’ on the IUCN Red list.
- They found in the misty highland forests of the Annamite Mountain range along the border between Vietnam and Laos.
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