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saola en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsaʊlə/
• /ˈsaʊˌlɑː/

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese sao la, probably from Lao ເສົາຫລ (sao la, “spindle[-horned]”) or some other Tai-Kadai language.

Meanings

1. A critically endangered ruminant of species Pseudoryx nghetinhensis, of Vietnam and Laos.
   • 2013, C. Michele Thompson, 10: Would a saola by any other name still be a saola?, Hue-Tam Ho Tai, Mark Sidel (editors), State, Society and the Market in Contemporary Vietnam, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 185, The current consensus is that the saola is so rare and so solitary in terms of genetic relatives that it should be placed not only in its own separate genus (Pseudoryx) but also in its own tribe (Pseudorygini) within the subfamily Bovinae.
   • 2015, William deBuys, The Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures, Hachette (Little, Brown and Company), unnumbered page, It is surprising, twenty years after saola first attracted the world's attention, that so little about the species is known.
   • Killing or capture of saola is prohibited by law in both Vietnam and Lao PDR, and the sale of wildlife in both countries is generally illegal, but there is insufficient enforcement of these laws in both countries. 2014, William Robichaud, Barney Long, “Chapter 19: Saola Pseudoryx nghetinhensis Dung, Giao, Chinh, Touc, Arctander & Mackinnon, 1993”, in Mario Melletti, James Burton, editors, Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour of Wild Cattle: Implications for Conservation, Cambridge University Press, page 323:

Forms

Synonyms

Vu Quang bovid (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) · Vu Quang ox (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) · spindlehorn (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) · Asian unicorn (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis)

Translations (15)

ru сао́ла (rare ruminant of Vietnam and Laos) · ru са́ола (rare ruminant of Vietnam and Laos) · fi saola (rare ruminant of Vietnam and Laos) · es saola (rare ruminant of Vietnam and Laos) · sv vuquangoxe (rare ruminant of Vietnam and Laos) · uk сао́ла (rare ruminant of Vietnam and Laos) · ja サオラ (rare ruminant of Vietnam and Laos) · cmn 中南大羚 (rare ruminant of Vietnam and Laos) · vi sao la (rare ruminant of Vietnam and Laos) · es buey de vu quang (rare ruminant of Vietnam and Laos) · th ซาวลา (rare ruminant of Vietnam and Laos) · uk са́ола (rare ruminant of Vietnam and Laos) · sv vietnamantilop (rare ruminant of Vietnam and Laos) · mww saht-supahp (rare ruminant of Vietnam and Laos) · pt saola (rare ruminant of Vietnam and Laos)