Naemorhedus griseus
A. Milne-Edwards in A. David, 1871
Chinese 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
David, A. 1871. Rapport adressé à MM. les professeurs-administrateurs du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle. Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle (1)7(Bulletin):75-100.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13955517Original name as described
Nemorhedus griseus
Other common names
Eastern Gray Goral
Type material
MNHN-ZM-MO-1870-543, MNHN-ZM-MO-1870-545
Type kind
syntypes
Type locality
"du nord de la Chine," Moupin (Baoxing), Sichuan, China.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Myanmar · China · India
Taxonomy notes
some taxonomic arrangements consider N. goral to be a syonym of this species; 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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