The species with two horns and elongated white patches above the eyes, was discovered in 1992 and photographed last in a forest Lao. Vietnam will build a broad nature reserve to protect the Saola, an antelope is considered the rarest mammal in the world, announced Today local authorities and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
The sanctuary is located in the mountainous region of Annamite near the border with Laos, home to the only remaining 500 copies of the enigmatic animal, Conservation Department said the Vietnamese province of Quang Nam
A copy was captured last year by poachers in Laos and died a few days.
The Saola contained in the "red list" of animals in danger of extinction of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
This animal can not survive long in captivity, and scientists know very little about their customs.
According to WWF, in recent years Saola populations have been drastically reduced due to habitat loss from logging and timber poaching.
reserve deputy director of Quang Nam, Nguyen Dinh Dang, hopes the project will help preserve the antelope.
"Not only do we want to save from extinction Saola, but also protect the rest of the rich biodiversity of Annamite", which recently have been found tigers, bison and other species believed to have disappeared in the region, he said.
Via: Globovisión
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