https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Himalayan_serowHimalayan serow - Revision history2026-07-31T00:58:05ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Himalayan_serow&diff=423411&oldid=prevAjay Kumar at 20:14, 30 August 20232023-08-30T20:14:58Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Distinguish|text=the closely related [[tahr|tahrs]], especially the [[Himalayan tahr]]}}<br />
{{Subspeciesbox<br />
| name = Himalayan serow<br />
| image = Himalayan Serow Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary East Sikkim Sikkim India 13.02.2016.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Male Himalayan serow in [[Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary]], [[Sikkim]], [[India]]<br />
| status = <!-- subspecies not assessed --><br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn/><br />
| status2 = CITES_A1 <br />
| status2_system = CITES <br />
| status2_ref = <ref name=iucn/><br />
| genus = Capricornis<br />
| species = sumatraensis <br />
| species_link = Mainland serow<br />
| subspecies = thar<br />
| authority = [[Brian Houghton Hodgson|Hodgson]], 1831<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Himalayan serow''' ('''''Capricornis sumatraensis thar'''''), also known as the '''thar'''{{efn|This name has also by confusion been applied to the [[Himalayan tahr|tahr]].}} ({{IPAc-en|θ|ɑːr}} {{respell|THAR}}, {{IPAc-en|t|ɑːr}} {{respell|TAR}}),<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Chambers Dictionary|publisher=Chambers|year=2003|isbn=0-550-10105-5|edition=9th|chapter=thar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Collins English Dictionary|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2018|isbn=978-0-008-28437-4|edition=13th|chapter=thar}}</ref><!-- 'Chambers' is also the source according to which tahrs are often confused with the thar. --><!-- 'The Collins Dictionary' is also available online. --> is a subspecies of the [[mainland serow]]<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Mori, E. |name-list-style=amp |author2=Nerva, L. |author3=Lovari, S. |year=2019 |title=Reclassification of the serows and gorals: the end of a neverending story? |journal=Mammal Review |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=256–262 |doi=10.1111/mam.12154|s2cid=155777271 }}</ref> native to the [[Himalayas]].<ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Phan, T.D. |author2=Nijhawan, S. |author3=Li, S. |author4=Xiao, L. |name-list-style=amp |title=''Capricornis sumatraensis'' |date=2020 |page=e.T162916735A162916910 |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref> It was previously considered its own species, as ''Capricornis thar''. It is the official state animal of the [[India]]n state of [[Mizoram]].<br />
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== Taxonomy ==<br />
In 1831, [[Brian Houghton Hodgson]] first [[Species description|described]] a goat-like animal with short annulated horns occurring in montane regions between the [[Sutlej]] and [[Teesta River]]s under the name "Bubaline Antelope".<ref>{{cite journal |author=Hodgson, B.H. |year=1831 |title=On the Bubaline Antelope. (Nobis.) |journal=Gleanings in Science |volume=3 |issue=April |pages=122–123 |url=https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofzoo01zool/page/12/mode/2up}}</ref> As "Bubaline" was preoccupied, he gave it the [[scientific name]] ''Antelope thar'' a few months later.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Hodgson, B.H. |year=1831 |title=Contributions in Natural History |journal=Gleanings in Science |volume=3 |issue=October |pages=320–324 |url=https://archive.org/details/gleaningsscienc3/page/324/mode/2up}}</ref><br />
When [[William Ogilby]] described the genus ''[[Capricornis]]'' in 1838, he determined the Himalayan serow as [[type species]] of this genus.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Ogilby, W. |year=1836 |title=On the generic characters of Ruminants |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |volume=8 |pages=131–140 |url=https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofgen36zool/page/n151/mode/2up}}</ref><br />
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==Description==<br />
The Himalayan serow is mostly blackish, with flanks, hindquarters, and upper legs that are a rusty red; its lower legs are whitish.{{cn|date=January 2021}}<br />
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== Distribution and habitat ==<br />
The Himalayan serow inhabits hilly forests above an elevation of {{cvt|300|m}}, but descends to {{cvt|100|m}} in winter.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Choudhury, A. |year=2003 |title=Status of serow (Capricornis sumatraensis) in Assam |journal=Tigerpaper |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=1–2 |url=https://www.fao.org/3/ak877e/ak877e.pdf}}</ref> It prefers elevations of {{cvt|2500-3500|m}} in the [[Himalayas]].<ref>{{cite journal |author=Aryal, A. |year=2009 |title=Habitat ecology of Himalayan serow (''Capricornis sumatraensis ssp. thar'') in Annapurna Conservation Area of Nepal |journal=Tigerpaper |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=12–20 |url=https://www.fao.org/3/ak851e/ak851e00.pdf#page=14}}</ref><br />
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== Conservation ==<br />
''Capricornis sumatraensis'' is listed in [[CITES Appendix I]].<ref name=iucn /> <br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Serows|Himalayan serow]]<br />
[[Category:Fauna of Eastern Himalaya]]<br />
[[Category:Fauna of Sikkim]]<br />
[[Category:Mammals described in 1831|Himalayan serow]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Brian Houghton Hodgson]]<br />
[[Category:Symbols of Mizoram]]<br />
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