Nemorhaedus caudatus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chinese Goral, Nemorhaedus caudatus
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
N. c. raddeanus |
The Chinese Goral, or Nemorhaedus caudatus, is a species of wild goat found in the mountains of eastern and northern Asia. Subspecies include the Amur Goral, N. c. raddeanus. A population of this subspecies exists in the Korean Demilitarized Zone, near the tracks of the Donghae Bukbu Line.[1] The species is classified as endangered in South Korea, with an estimated population less than 250. It has been designated South Korean natural monument 217.
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- Kim, Kwi-Gon; Dong-Gil Cho (March 2005). "Status and ecological resource value of the Republic of Korea’s De-militarized Zone". Landscape and Ecological Engineering 1 (1): 3-15. DOI:10.1007/s11355-005-0006-0. Retrieved on 2006-10-01.
- Kim, K.-S.; M.-S. Min, J.-H. An, and H. Lee (2004). "Cross-Species Amplification of Bovidae Microsatellites and Low Diversity of the Endangered Korean Goral". Journal of Heredity 95 (6): 521-525. DOI:10.1093/jhered/esh082. Retrieved on 2006-10-01.
