Red serow

The red serow (Capricornis rubidus) is a goat-antelope thought to be native to southern Bangladesh and northern Burma.[1] It has been considered a subspecies of C. sumatraensis.[1] In the northeastern part of India, the red serow occurs widely in the hills south of the Brahmaputra river.[3][4] although the IUCN states that this species is recorded with certainty only from Myanmar, in Kachin State, and that records in India refer to the Himalayan serow.[2]

Red serow[1]

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Genus: Capricornis
Species:
C. rubidus
Binomial name
Capricornis rubidus
David, 1869

References
  1. http://cdn1.arkive.org/media/4A/4A9014A0-AC4B-4007-A52A-0F9CABC0FB45/Presentation.Large/Young-red-serow-feeding.jpg Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback MachineGrubb, P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 704. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Duckworth, J.W. & Than Zaw (2008). "Capricornis rubidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T3815A10102774. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T3815A10102774.en.
  3. Choudhury, A.U.(1997), Checklist of the mammals of Assam. Revised 2nd edition. Gibbon Books & Assam Science Technology & Environment Council, Guwahati, India. 103pp.ISBN 81-900866-0-X
  4. Choudhury, A.U. (2003). Status of serow (Capricornis sumatraensis) in Assam. Tigerpaper 30(2): 1-2.


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