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Japanese serow Capricornis crispus is a Special Natural Monument species.
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The Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) is just one of 46 mammals endemic to Japan.
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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
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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.
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Other endangered large mammals include the Serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), Giant Muntjac (Megamuntiacus vuquangensis) and possibly the Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis).
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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.
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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).
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The ecoregion harbors several threatened species, including the endangered red panda (Ailurus fulgens), takin (Budorcas taxicolor), serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), and particolored squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger).
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Another distinctive species of Sumatra's montane forests is the serow (Capricornis sumatraensis).
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The ecoregion's mammals also include several threatened species, including Murina grisea, and the serow (Capricornis sumatraensis).
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