Naemorhedus goral
(Hardwicke, 1825)
Himalayan 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
Authority citation
Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 14, 518
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/752896Original name as described
Antilope goral
Other common names
Brown Goral
Type material
lost (number not known)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Nepal.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Pakistan · India · Bhutan · Nepal · China · Myanmar?
Taxonomy notes
includes bedfordi (also includes hodgsoni, which is occasionally treated as a distinct species) and some taxonomic arrangements consider N. goral to be a syonym of N. griseus; 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
Near Threatened
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