Naemorhedus caudatus

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Long-tailed Goral

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Tribe : Caprini
Genus : Naemorhedus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. 1867. Observations sur quelques mammifères du nord de la Chine. Annales des sciences naturelles (Zoologie) (5)7:375-377.

Original name as described

Antilope caudata

Other common names

Manchurian Long-tailed Goral

Type material

ZIN 604, ZIN 708

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Russia (Amurland).

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Russia · China · North Korea · South Korea

Taxonomy notes

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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