Authority citation

Hayman, R.W. 1961-05. The red goral of the north-east frontier region. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 136(3):317-323.

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Original name as described

Nemorhaedus cranbrooki

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1932.11.1.170

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Type locality

in the Adung Valley, Upper Burma, 8000 ft.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Myanmar

Taxonomy notes

split from N. baileyi; 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

Not Evaluated

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