Hassanin A, Seveau A, Thomas H, Bocherens H, Billiou D, Nguyen B X
Service de biosystématique, université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie (Paris-6), 9, quai Saint-Bernard, case 241, 75252 Paris, France.
C R Acad Sci III. 2001 Jan;324(1):71-80. doi: 10.1016/s0764-4469(00)01262-2.
In 1993, several horns of an unknown mammal were collected in the south of Vietnam. Due to the unusual characteristics of its horns, the 'linh duong', as named by Vietnamese hunters, was quickly described as belonging to a new monospecific genus of bovid, i.e. Pseudonovibos spiralis Peter & Feiler, 1994. The taxonomic status of Pseudonovibos was a highly controversial subject, and it has been suggested that this enigmatic species may be related to three different groups of Bovidae: Antilopini (gazelles), Bovini (cattle, bisons, buffaloes), and Caprini sensu lato (goats, sheep and allies). To assess the phylogenetic relationships of the linh duong within the family Bovidae, two different DNA markers, the nuclear lactoferrin and the mitochondrial cytochrome b genes, were sequenced from bone samples of four trophies collected during 1925 in Indochina. Results show that the mysterious horns of linh duong belong to domestic cattle (Bos taurus). Thus, the linh duong is not a new mammal and the scientific name Pseudonovibos spiralis should be abandoned.
1993年，在越南南部收集到了一种未知哺乳动物的几只角。由于其角具有不寻常的特征，越南猎人将其命名为“灵阳”，很快它就被描述为属于牛科一个新的单型属，即1994年彼得和费勒命名的螺旋伪新牛（Pseudonovibos spiralis）。伪新牛的分类地位是一个极具争议的话题，有人认为这种神秘的物种可能与牛科的三个不同类群有关：羚羊族（瞪羚）、牛族（牛、野牛、水牛）和广义的山羊族（山羊、绵羊及相关物种）。为了评估灵阳在牛科中的系统发育关系，对1925年在印度支那收集的四个标本的骨样本进行了两种不同DNA标记（核乳铁蛋白和线粒体细胞色素b基因）的测序。结果表明，灵阳神秘的角属于家牛（Bos taurus）。因此，灵阳不是一种新的哺乳动物，“螺旋伪新牛”这个学名应该被废弃。
