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  • Japanese serow Capricornis crispus is a Special Natural Monument species.

    Shirakami-sanchi (Shirakami mountains), Japan 2009

  • The Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) is just one of 46 mammals endemic to Japan.

    Biological diversity in Japan 2008

  • Other rare and important species in the area of Mount Wuyi include: the Chinese tiger Panthera tigris amoyensis, clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa, leopard P. pardus, black muntjac Muntiacus crinifrons, mainland serow Capricornis sumatraensis, Cabot's tragopan Tragopan caboti, Chinese black-backed pheasant Syrmaticus ellioti, the Chinese giant salamander Andrias davidianus, and the butterfly Golden Kaiserihind Teinopalpus aureus.

    Mount Wuyi, China 2008

  • Among these are three of the National Reserved Wildlife Species of Thailand: wild water buffalo Bubalus arnee, mainland serow Capricornis sumatraensis and hog deer Cervus porcinus.

    Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand 2008

  • Other endangered large mammals include the Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), Giant Muntjac (Megamuntiacus vuquangensis) and possibly the Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis).

    Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam 2008

  • There are several threatened species such as the endangered snow leopard, takin, and Himalayan goral (Naemorhedus baileyi), and the vulnerable serow (Capricornis sumatraensis) and Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) (in eastern Nepal and Sikkim) in this ecoregion.

    Eastern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows 2008

  • None of the mammals are considered endemic to the ecoregion, but there are several threatened species, including the snow leopard, serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), markhor, Himalayan tahr, argali, Himalayan musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster), and brown bear (Ursus arctos).

    Northwestern Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows 2008

  • The ecoregion harbors several threatened species, including the endangered red panda (Ailurus fulgens), takin (Budorcas taxicolor), serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), and particolored squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger).

    Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests 2008

  • Another distinctive species of Sumatra's montane forests is the serow (Capricornis sumatraensis).

    Sumatran montane rain forests 2008

  • The ecoregion's mammals also include several threatened species, including Murina grisea, and the serow (Capricornis sumatraensis).

    Western Himalayan broadleaf forests 2007

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