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Khting Vor

Educational resources on Khting Vor

Khting Vor or Pseudonovibos spiralis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Endangered due to C2a. IUCN Profile of the Khting Vor

Academic web links for the Khting Vor.


Bates College | Richard Melville '54
Recently, Melville helped debunk the existence of the "khting vor," a mythical snake-eating bovine of Cambodia. Its scientific name is Pseudonovibos spiralis, but Melville has a
www.bates.edu/x50114.xml

KU ScholarWorks: Pseudonovibos spiralis (Artiodactyla: Bovidae): new ...
The Khmer name, Khting Vor, is also an appropriate common name. Previously overlooked references from the 1880s and 1950s document that the spiral-horned ox was believed to have
kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/handle/1808/4491

Guide to the Richard A. Melville papers, 1953-2003, n.d.
MC059/03: "Khting Vor", 1966-2003, n.d..5 linear feet: Scope and Content Note: This series documents Melville's research and writing about the Khting Vor, a snake-eating bovine
abacus.bates.edu/muskie-archives/EADFindingAids/MC059.html

Mark O. Hatfield Library: Catalogs
Lost worlds -- 13. Hearing -- 14. Appetite -- 15. The coming flood -- pt. 4. The Naga and the Khting vor -- Epilogue : Angkor : forgetting and remembering
library.willamette.edu/search~S4?/tHear+my+prayer,+O+Lord.+1994/thear+my+prayer+o+lord...

Biologists 'demote' Asian forest ox, Observer Online (October 19, 2006 ...
Galbreath and others showed that these horns were the work of human artisans — the “khting vor� was a fake. Instead of finding new species, Galbreath said, “I’ve been
www.northwestern.edu/observer/issues/2006/10/20/kouprey.html

Northwestern Biologists Demote Southeast Asia's 'Forest Ox ...
Galbreath and others showed that these horns were the work of human artisans -- the “khting vor� was a fake. Instead of finding new species, Galbreath said, “I've been
www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2006/09/kouprey.html

Gary J. Galbreath, Ph.D.
Pancoe 2401 Pancoe/ENH Life Sciences Pavilion 2200 Campus Drive, Evanston Campus New Insights Into The Reality of Some Asian Large Mammals: The Gobi Bear, The Kouprey, The Khting Vor
www.wcas.northwestern.edu/evolution/committee/kouprey.pdf

KU ScholarWorks: Browsing KU Scholarworks
Artiodactyla, Bos, Bovidae, Cambobia, Khting Vor, Pseudonovibos, spiral-horned ox, Vietnam: Artiodactyla, Bos, Bovidae, Khting Vor, Pseudonovibos, spiral-horned ox, Vietnam
kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/handle/1808/4471/browse?type=subject

Mammal Species of the World - Browse: taurus
History and phylogenetic relationships discussed by Timm and Brandt (2001) who recommended the vernacular name Khting Vor (Khting = gaur, and Vor = spiral climbing plant).
www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14200687

Bates College | Bates People in the News 2002
The khting vor remains a cipher, barely studied, never photographed. It is possibly the rarest large mammal in the world, known through about two dozen sets of horns scattered in
www.bates.edu/bates-in-the-news-2002.xml







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