Goral

The gorals are four species in the genus Nemorhaedus or Naemorhedus. They are small ungulates with a goat-like or antelope-like appearance.

The original name is based on Latin nemor-haedus, from nemus, nemoris 'grove' and haedus 'little goat', but was misspelt Naemorhedus by Hamilton Smith (1827).Groves, C. P., and Grubb, P., 1985, Reclassification of the serows and gorals (Nemorhaedus: Bovidae). In The Biology and Management of Mountain Ungulates. Edited by S. Lovari.  London: Croom Helm.  pp. 45-50.Article 32.5.1.  of International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature reads: "If there is in the original publication itself, without recourse to any external source of information, clear evidence of an inadvertent error, such as a lapsus calami or a copyist's or printer's error, it must be corrected."

Until recently, this genus also contained the serow species (now in genus Capricornis). The name "goral" comes from an eastern Indian word for the Himalayan goral. The four species of gorals are:
ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution120x120pxNaemorhedus goralHimalayan goral (also known as ghural)Northwestern and northeastern India, as well as Nepal and Bhutan120x120pxNaemorhedus caudatuslong-tailed goralEastern Russia and China through western Thailand and eastern Myanmar. A population has also been found in the Demilitarized Zone on the Korean PeninsulaNaemorhedus baileyired goralYunnan province of China, to Tibet and northeastern India through northern Myanmar120x120pxNaemorhedus griseusChinese goralBurma, China, India, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly Laos.

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Category:Caprids
Category:Mammals of Asia