There are five subspecies of the Chinese gray goral. Life Span Life span in the wild is approximately 15 years. In fall and winter, they eat leaves and twigs of trees or shrubs and nuts, including acorns. Gorals, like all Bovidae, are ruminants with four-chambered stomachs. They regurgitate and chew partially digested food, called cud.
Complete digestion can take up to four days.
Reproduction Gorals become sexually mature during their second year. One or occasionally two kids are born in May or June after a gestation period of 215 days. Kids stand after only one hour and follow their mothers from the second day. They suckle until late fall and stay with their mothers until the following spring. Life Cycle Gorals are shy and occur in groups of two to 12, except older males which are solitary.