中南大羚（學名：Pseudoryx nghetinhensis），又稱為武廣牛、安南錠角羚、劍角牛、索拉羚等，是偶蹄目下牛科中南大羚属中的單一物種，1992年才被發現，被譽為亞洲麒麟、亞洲獨角獸（Asian unicorn）。尽管名中带“羚”，但本种已确定属于牛亚科牛族。族群數目存疑，目前全世界有記錄的只有11隻，因此在IUCN紅色名錄內被列為極危物種。
外貌
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是体型较大的物种，肩高约1米，身长将近150厘米，尾长约20—25厘米。身体的大部分结构类似牛亚科的薮羚族。但角很特殊，长而直，类似马羚亚科，最长达65厘米。脸颊四肢有白斑，其余为棕褐色。
习性
生活与森林和低山中，喜欢结成4余只小群，以树叶为主食，兼食花草。
分布
僅分布于越南的廣南省中南大羚自然保護區和寮國邊境（長山山脈）。
參考文獻
外部連結
- [http://www.savethesaola.org/ savethesaola.org], Saola Working Group Website
- [http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/09/17/unicorn-watch-they-exist-in-laos Unicorn Watch: They Exist... in Laos]
- [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11328123 BBC: Rare antelope-like mammal caught in Asia]
- ARKive - [https://web.archive.org/web/20080724210023/http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Pseudoryx_nghetinhensis/ images and movies of the saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis)]
- [http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Pseudoryx_nghetinhensis.html Saola factsheet]at
"[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1511/is_n1_v15/ai_14889879 A new cow - a new species of ox, the pseudoryx, found in Southeast Asia - 1993 - The Year in Science]", from Discover*, Jan. 1994.
*[http://www.molgen.gla.ac.uk/level2/eb2b/2bvqbov.htm The Vu Quang Bovid] at [http://www.molgen.gla.ac.uk/ BrainBox]
*[http://www.unep-wcmc.org/index.html?http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/data/species_sheets/vuquang.htm~main Vu Quang Ox - Pseudoryx nghetinhensis] from the [http://www.unep-wcmc.org/ United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre]
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*[http://cbc.amnh.org/center/programs/mammals-saola.html Saola Conservation in Central Vietnam - Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History]
*[http://worldwildlife.org/species/saola "Saola"] Endangered Species Conservation | World Wide Fund for Nature. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 April 2013
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