{"id":23763,"date":"2026-08-07T12:35:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23763"},"modified":"2026-08-07T14:50:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T09:20:01","slug":"himalayan-serow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/himalayan-serow\/","title":{"rendered":"Himalayan serow"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Himalayan serow Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Himalayan serow has been recorded in the Dalhousie forest division of Himachal Pradesh for the first time in nearly two decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Himalayan serow<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It resembles a cross between a <\/span><b>goat, a donkey, a cow, and a pig.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>shy, forest-dwelling mountain ungulate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> found in steep Himalayan terrain.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Types: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are several species of serows, and all of them are found in Asia.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Himalayan serow, or Capricornis sumatraensis thar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is restricted to the Himalayan region. Taxonomically, it is a subspecies of the mainland serow (Capricornis sumatraensis).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These are typically found at altitudes between 2,000 metres and 4,000 metres (6,500 to 13,000 feet). They are known to be found in eastern, central, and western Himalayas, but not in the <\/span><b>Trans Himalayan region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These are <\/span><b>herbivore species.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Threats: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Habitat degradation, Fragmentation and hunting pressure.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Conservation Status of Himalayan serow<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>IUCN Red List:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Near Threatened\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>CITES:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Appendix I<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wildlife-protection-act\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wildlife Protection Act, 1972<\/a>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Schedule I<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/chandigarh\/rare-himalayan-serow-caught-on-camera-in-dalhousie-after-20-years\/articleshow\/132863734.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TOI<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Himalayan serow  resembles a cross between a goat, a donkey, a cow, and a pig. 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