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Serow

Serow
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Sumatran Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis) at Dusit Zoo, Bangkok, Thailand.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Genus: Capricornis
Ogilby, 1836
Species

Capricornis crispus
Capricornis milneedwardsii
Capricornis rubidus
Capricornis sumatraensis
Capricornis swinhoei
Capricornis thar


Capricornis crispus
Capricornis milneedwardsii
Capricornis rubidus
Capricornis sumatraensis
Capricornis swinhoei
Capricornis thar

The serows (/səˈr/ or /ˈsɛr/) are six species of medium-sized goat-like or antelope-like mammals of the genus Capricornis.

All six species of serow were until recently also classified under Naemorhedus, which now only contains the gorals. They live in central or eastern Asia.

Like their smaller relatives the gorals, serows are often found grazing on rocky hills, though typically at a lower elevation when the two types of animal share territory. Serows are slower and less agile than members of the genus Naemorhedus, but they are nevertheless able to climb slopes to escape predation and to take shelter during cold winters or hot summers. Serows, unlike gorals, make use of their preorbital glands in scent marking.

Coloration varies by species, region, and individual. Both sexes have beards and small horns which are often shorter than their ears.

Fossils of serow-like animals date as far back as the late Pliocene, two to seven million years ago. The common ancestor species of the Caprinae subfamily may have been very similar to modern serows.


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