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Formosan Serow

Capricornis swinhoei

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Taiwan.January 49, February 43, March 39, April 70, May 87, June 61, July 39, August 46, September 37, October 49, November 31, December 39.
Taiwan590
China589
Taiwan Province589
Taichung168
Nantou County80
Miaoli County73
Yilan County73
Hualien County47
Chiayi County37
New Taipei31

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