Himalayan serow
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The Himalayan serow (Capricornis sumatraensis thar), also known as the tharTemplate:Efn (Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell"., Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell".),[1][2] is a subspecies of the mainland serow[3] native to the Himalayas.[4] It was previously considered its own species, as Capricornis thar. It is the official state animal of the Indian state of Mizoram.
Taxonomy
In 1831, Brian Houghton Hodgson first described a goat-like animal with short annulated horns occurring in montane regions between the Sutlej and Teesta Rivers under the name "Bubaline Antelope".[5] As "Bubaline" was preoccupied, he gave it the scientific name Antelope thar a few months later.[6] When William Ogilby described the genus Capricornis in 1838, he determined the Himalayan serow as type species of this genus.[7]
Description
The Himalayan serow is mostly blackish, with flanks, hindquarters, and upper legs that are a rusty red; its lower legs are whitish.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Distribution and habitat
The Himalayan serow inhabits hilly forests above an elevation of Template:Cvt, but descends to Template:Cvt in winter.[8] It prefers elevations of Template:Cvt in the Himalayas.[9]
Conservation
Capricornis sumatraensis is listed in CITES Appendix I.[4]
Notes
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