Wildlifeof Bhutan
Himalayan Serow
Wild Cattle & Serow
Photo: Shiv’s fotografia · CC BY-SA 4.0 (May be cropped or resized)
Capricornis thar
Basic stats
Habitat
Hill forest above about 300m, descending to about 100m in winter; prefers 2,500-3,500m in the Himalaya
Range
Himalayan montane regions (type description from between the Sutlej and Teesta rivers)
The Himalayan serow, or thar, is a goat-antelope that was described by Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1831 and is now often treated as a subspecies of the mainland serow. It is mostly blackish with rusty-red flanks, hindquarters and upper legs and paler lower legs, and carries short, ringed horns. It lives in hill forest above about 300m and in the Himalaya prefers 2,500 to 3,500m, dropping lower in winter (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is the state animal of Mizoram in India. The source does not mention Bhutan, size, diet or breeding, so none of those are stated here (Wikipedia, general species account).
Quick answers
- What habitat does the Himalayan Serow live in?
- Hill forest above about 300m, descending to about 100m in winter; prefers 2,500-3,500m in the Himalaya
- Where is the Himalayan Serow found?
- Himalayan montane regions (type description from between the Sutlej and Teesta rivers)