Mainland Serow Capricornis sumatraensis
Vulnerable
Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; China; India; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Thailand; Vietnam
The Mainland Serow is a forest dwelling mammal, and inhabits mountain slopes with rugged steep hills and rocky places from 100 m to 4,000 m They also inhabit lowland montane forests with gentler terrain, including flat areas with shrubs (Li et al. 2012). Mainland Serow, including the Sumatran Serow (C. s. sumatraensis; restricted to Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand). Although the Mainland Serow occupies a distribution range encompassing over eleven countries, their populations are fragmented, isolated and in rapid decline due to poaching, habitat loss and destruction throughout their range.
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The Mainland Serow has declines exceeding 30% over three generations as inferred from local surveys, decline in occupied area and habitat quality as well as actual levels of exploitation and requires urgent conservation actions.
IUCN Red List
An Indochinese Serow Capricornis maritimus, a sub-species of the Mainland Serow
Further Information
Phan, T.D., Nijhawan, S., Li, S. & Xiao, L. 2020. Capricornis sumatraensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T162916735A162916910. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T162916735A162916910.en. Downloaded on 24 January 2021.
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