We know less about some living mammals than about many dinosaurs. Will the Vietnamese spiral-horned ox, known from a few horns, become extinct before scientists see a live one?
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Gee, H. The strange case of the spiral-horned ox. Nature (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/news010315-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news010315-4