2. Appearance
680 - 910 kg
Narrow body, long legs, muscular legs and a
humped back.
Long horns
They have small thick hair all around them
Dark brown colour
But the calves will have a reddish colour
3. Where they live in the wild?
• Hills, grasslands, wooded grasslands and close
to the monsoon forest.
• rivers and lakes.
• humid weather area
• Wealthy places that has salt licks and other
resources that they need.
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4. Their habits and life
• Kouprey’s are herbivores.
• Grass, leaves and other herbs and vegetables.
• They eat usually at night
• Eat during night time.
• lives in herds of 20 with mixed group (bulls, cows
etc.)
• Their life span is about 25 years in the wild.
5. Why Kouprey’s are endangered?
• hunting them for their skull and horns
• Skull and horns can use for decoration. It is a
very common decoration that they use.
• national symbols
• Meat and to make carpets etc.
• They sell the horns and skulls.
6. Changes over time and predictions for
the future
• population has gone down in 1980
• People are still hunting them
• In 2000 the kouprey’s population is increasing
• If this continues, the population of the
kouprey’s will go down again
7. What are organizations, politicians and
scientists doing to help?
• raising awareness and preventing them
• researching and helping them.
• strict laws against the illegal Kouprey hunters
• Animal organizations are setting up donations to
help.
• Campaigns
8. What can we do?
spreading the word
• exhibitions, t-shirts etc.
• help raise awareness.
• Join and help out in organizations
• Buying the iPhone 4 gs case called
“Extinction iPhone 4S Kouprey IC865KU”.
• Donate money
• You can donate here: http://wwf.panda.org/how_you_can_help/support_wwf/donate/
9. Bibliography
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<http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/species/profiles/mammals/kouprey
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"Kouprey” ARKive. ARKive Organization. Web. 10 Mar. 2012.
<http://www.arkive.org/kouprey/bos sauveli>
Wild Life. "Monthly Newsletters - Wildlife Alliance." Wild Life Alliance. Entries
in Kouprey. Web. 13 Mar. 2012.
<http://www.wildlifealliance.org/newsletters/tag/kouprey>.
Cambodia: Asia's Kouprey. "Rain Forest Portal." Cambodia: Asia's Kouprey
May Not Be New Species. Kouprey. Web. 13 Mar. 2012.
<http://www.rainforestportal.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=62380
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Endangered Species. "Animal Info - Endangered Animals." Animal Info. Web.
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