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Japanese Serow

Capricornis crispus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Japan.January 39, February 34, March 30, April 30, May 49, June 22, July 29, August 22, September 13, October 25, November 15, December 7.
Japan315
Nagano68
Miyagi55
Gifu Prefecture27
Shizuoka22
Tokyo21
Gunma21
Iwate12
Kanagawa11
Yamanashi11

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderEven-toed Ungulates and Cetaceans · Artiodactyla
FamilyBovids · Bovidae
GenusSerows · Capricornis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Japanese Serow with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.