Two pairs of gangly white legs propping up a narrow, dark body with a humped back, drooping dewlap and curved horns are the tell-tale features of Cambodia’s national mammal, the kouprey.

In 2011, the IUCN’s Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group assessed approximately 90 per cent of the region’s camera trap photos, some taken in what was believed to be the kouprey’s range, and found no ...