The Saola

Animal:  Saola
Overshadowed by: deer and antelope
Scientific name:  pseudoryx nghetinhensis
Classification:  mammal
Diet:  spleen wart, hamalomena, sxerculiaceae, and fig leaves
Predators:  tigers, leopards, and dholes
Endangered status:  critically endangered, they may be extinct by next year
Habitat:  Dense forests between Laos and Vietnam
Fun facts:  The saola was discovered in 1992.  It is considered the greatest animal find of recent times.  It was the first new mammal discovery in fifty years.

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African Wild Dogs

Over shadowed by: Lions
Scientific name: Lycon Pictus
Classification: mammal
Endangered Status: endangered
Size: 141 cm and 18 to 39 km
AKA: Hunting dogs, painted wolfs, and A.W.D.s
Habitat: African savanna, and forests
Diet: Wildebeest, Impala, other antelope, zebra, warthogs, and aardvarks
Predators: lions and hyenas
Closest relatives: other members of the K-9 family, such as the maned wolf, the gray wolf, dogs, red wolfs, fennec foxes, dingoes, coyotes, hyenas, and jackals.
Fun facts: 9 out of 10 African wild dog hunts end in a kill, will eat prey before fully dead, only 6600 left in wild, can run up to 35 miles per hour for hours at a time, and A.W.D.s have been endangered for 20 years