Sumatran serow
The Sumatran serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), also known as the southern serow, is a species of goat-antelope native to mountain forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula and on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.[2] The former name of this species is "mainland serow", as all the mainland species of serow (Chinese, red and Himalayan) were previously considered subspecies of this species. The Sumatran serow is threatened due to habitat loss and hunting, leading to it being evaluated as vulnerable by the IUCN.[2]
| Sumatran serow[1] | |
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| A Sumatran serow at Dusit Zoo | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | Capricornis |
| Species: | C. sumatraensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Capricornis sumatraensis (Bechstein, 1799) | |
References
- Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Duckworth, J.W.; Steinmetz, R. & MacKinnon, J. (2008). "Capricornis sumatraensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T3812A10099434. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T3812A10099434.en.
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