Authority citation

Pocock, R.I. 1914-06-30. Description of a new species of goral (_Nemorhædus_) shot by Captain F. M. Bailey. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23(1):32-33.

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Original name as described

Nemorhædus baileyi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1914.8.29.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Type locality

Tibet.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · India · Myanmar?

Taxonomy notes

previously included N. cranbrooki; the taxonomy of the genus Naemorhedus is complicated and unresolved, especially since the various studies have investigated it strictly using mtDNA and morphology; the taxonomic views of the genus can be summed up by three generallized species level hypotheses, ranging from 3 species (baileyi, caudatus, and goral; Mori et al., 2019) to 5 (baileyi, cranbrooki, caudatus, goral, and evansi; Li et al., 2020) or 6 species (baileyi, cranbrooki, caudatus, goral, evansi, and griseus; Joshi et al., 2021); the 6 species model is used here following the most recent revision and pending further evaluation, although it must be noted that this is very tentative and subject to change

Taxonomy notes citation

Mori, E., Nerva, L., & Lovari, S. (2019). Reclassification of the serows and gorals: the end of a neverending story?. Mammal Review, 49(3), 256-262. · Li, G., Sun, N., Swa, K., Zhang, M., Lwin, Y. H., & Quan, R. C. (2020). Phylogenetic reassessment of gorals with new evidence from northern Myanmar reveals five distinct species. Mammal Review, 1-9. · Joshi, B. D., Singh, V. K., Singh, H., Bhattacharjee, S., Singh, A., Singh, S. K., ... & Thakur, M. (2022). Revisiting taxonomic disparities in the genus Naemorhedus: new insights from Indian Himalayan Region. Mammalia.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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