The red serow (Capricornis rubidus), also called the Burmese red serow,[2] is a goat-antelope thought to be native to southern Bangladesh and northern Myanmar.[1] It sometimes has been considered a subspecies of C. sumatraensis.[1] In the northeastern part of India, the red serow occurs widely in the hills south of the Brahmaputra river.[4][5] although the IUCN states that this species is recorded with certainty only from Myanmar, in Kachin State, and that records in India refer to the Himalayan serow.[2]Serow in South and Southeast Asia are threatened by habitat destruction, poaching, and disease transmission from domestic livestock. Myanmar and India face severe poaching issues despite legal protections.[6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | Capricornis |
| Species: | C. rubidus
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| Capricornis rubidus (Blyth, 1863)
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In December 2023, a red serow was found in Sunamganj District of Sylhet Forest Division in north-eastern Bangladesh.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c Grubb, P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 704. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b c Shepard, C. (2022) [amended version of 2021 assessment]. "Capricornis rubidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T3815A214430673. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T3815A214430673.en. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Choudhury, A.U. (1997). Checklist of the mammals of Assam (Revised 2nd ed.). Guwahati, India: Gibbon Books & Assam Science Technology & Environment Council. pp. 103pp. ISBN 81-900866-0-X.
- ^ Choudhury, A.U (2003). "Status of serow (Capricornis sumatraensis) in Assam" (PDF). Tigerpaper. 30 (2): 1–2.
- ^ "Redlist - Burmese Red Serow".
- ^ Deshwara, Mintu (2023-12-27). "Rare red serow rescued in Sunamganj". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
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