Naemorhedus goral (Hardwicke 1825)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 706

Naemorhedus goral (Hardwicke 1825)

[Antilope] goral Hardwicke 1825 , Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 14: 518.

Type Locality: "a native of the Himalayah range and the mountains of the Nepaul frontier" ( Nepal, Himalayas).

Vernacular Names: Himalayan Goral.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Naemorhedus goral subsp. goral Hardwicke 1825

Subspecies Naemorhedus goral subsp. bedfordi Lydekker 1905

Distribution: Himalayas in Bhutan, China (S Tibet), N India (including Sikkim), Nepal, and N Pakistan.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as N. g. bedfordi and N. g. goral .

Discussion: Reviewed by J. I. Mead (1989, Mammalian Species, 335, as Nemorhaedus goral ).