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Taxonomy
Antilope goral was named by Hardwicke (1825). It is extant. It is the type species of Naemorhaedus.
It was recombined as Nemorhaedus goral by Mead (1989).
It was recombined as Nemorhaedus goral by Mead (1989).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Antilope goral Hardwicke |
| 1989 | Nemorhaedus goral Mead p. 1 |
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Nemorhaedus goral Hardwicke 1825
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. I. Mead 1989 | Gorals are smaller and osteologically distinct from the serow (Capricornis sp.; Allen, 1940). Gorals are the smallest of the rupicaprines. Shoulder height ranges from 570 to 711 mm (690 to 785 mm in the USSR, X = 730, n = 8, (Nasimovitch, 1955); 570 to 610 mm, X = 580 for males and 601 for females of "cranbrooki," n = 9; Zhang, 1987). Mass is approximately 22 to 35 kg (Primose, 1911; X= 25 for males and 29 for females of "cranbrooki," n = 7; Zhang, 1987). The horns are short (127 to 1 7 8 mm is typical, but 2 3 5 m m k known). For "cranbrooki" ranges for males = 12_5to 160 mm, X = 145, and for females, range =
118 to 150, X = 136, n = 6 (Zhang, 1987). There is a small preorbital gland; the goral lacks the large, acute depression on the lacrimal that is distinct on the serow. The maxillaries have lost contact with the nasals on the lateral edges, so that the nasals are supported only by their proximal ends (Fig. 1). The molars and premolars are similar to those of the serow except that the teeth are smaller and the buccal surfaces of the premolars in the upper jaw are nearly smooth, without the vertical ridges at anterior or posterior corners (Allen, 1940). Second and fifth lateral metacarpals are present instead of just the fifth as in the serow (Allen, 1940). |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Pleistocene | China (Guizhou) | Nemorhaedus goral (51100) |