| Red serow [1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | Capricornis |
| Species: | C. rubidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Capricornis rubidus (Blyth, 1863) | |
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| Distribution of red serow | |
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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]
In December 2023, a red serow was found in Sunamganj District of Sylhet Forest Division in north-eastern Bangladesh. [7]
