Mainland Serow
Published on 11 Apr 2025
- A lone mainland Serow was sighted at the lowest elevation at Raimona National Park, Assam
- The mainland serow (Capricornis sumatraensis thar) is a species of serow, native to the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, and China.
- It is a mammal that looks like a cross between a goat and an antelope with short annulated horns occurring in forested montane regions.
- It inhabits areas at altitudes of 200 metres to 3,000 metres, but recently a lone mainland serow was sighted at 96 metres above the mean sea level at the Raimona National Park in western Assam.
- It is listed as Vulnerable by IUCN
- The Mainland Serow is active at almost any time, mostly at dawn and mostly solitary in nature.
- There are several subspecies of mainland serows, including the Sumatran Serow, Chinese Serow, and Himalayan Serow and all of them are found in Asia.