Long-tailed Goral

Long-tailed Goral[1]
Long-tailed Goral at Saint Louis Zoo
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Genus:	Naemorhedus
Species:	N. caudatus
Binomial name
Naemorhedus caudatus Milne-Edwards, 1867

The Long-tailed Goral (Naemorhedus caudatus) is a species of wild goat found in the mountains of eastern and northern Asia, including Russia, China, and Korea.^[1] A population of this species exists in the Korean Demilitarized Zone, near the tracks of the Donghae Bukbu Line.^[3] The species is classified as endangered in South Korea, with an estimated population less than 250. It has been designated South Korean natural monument 217. In 2003, the species was reported as being present in Arunachal Pradesh, in northeast India.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Grubb, Peter (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14200803. 
2. ^ Duckworth JW, MacKinnon J & Tsytsulina K (2008). Naemorhedus caudatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 2009-01-22.
3. ^ Kim, K& Cho, D. 2005. Status and ecological resource value of the Republic of Korea’s De-militarized Zone Landscape Ecol. Eng. 1: 3–15 PDF
4. ^ Charudutt Mishra, Aparajita Datta and M.D. Madhusudan (2005) Record of the Chinese Goral Naemorhedus caudatus in Arunachal Pradesh. JBNHS Vol. 102(2)

See also

• List of mammals of Korea