Kouprey, << KOO pray, >> is a type of wild cattle that lives in Cambodia, in Southeast Asia. It is also called the Indochinese forest ox. The kouprey was first named and described by scientists in 1937. Scientists believe that the animal is either critically endangered or extinct.
The kouprey has small narrow ears, a large dewlap (loose fold of skin below the throat), long slender legs and hoofs, and a long tail. The kouprey is about 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall at the shoulder. Bulls (males) have large horns that curve backward, outward, and then forward. Bulls have blackish-brown hides and short, glossy hair. Cows (females) and calves (young kouprey) are gray. Little is known of the kouprey’s habits.
