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Newly Found Species Already Endangered

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The wild Saola, which resembles antelopes and was only discovered in 1992, is already near extinction due to hunting. Tags: vietnam laos endangered species. Way to go humans! Another notch to add to our belt!

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Asia’s Deadliest Bird: The Brown Prinia

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It inhabits rather dry areas within a region notorious for being one of the rainiest parts of the world, and is thus patchily distributed from Burma through Laos, Cambodia, parts of Thailand and south China, all the way to Vietnam. The Brown Prinia is an Asian species with a very peculiar range.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 2)

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melliana from alleged contact zone(s) in northern Laos and possibly south-western China. The species is also hunted for local consumption in Meghalaya (India), according to the HBW. There are also reports of individuals with intermediate characteristics between the very different taxa C. hardwickii and C. hardwickii and C.

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