{"id":14184,"date":"2021-03-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/03-03-2021\/species-in-news-himalayan-serow\/"},"modified":"2021-03-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T00:00:00","slug":"species-in-news-himalayan-serow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/03-03-2021\/species-in-news-himalayan-serow","title":{"rendered":"Species In News: Himalayan Serow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In News: <\/strong>The Himalayan serow has been <strong>spotted for the first time in Assam.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cfstatic.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/file_library\/mix_content\/534576818131743900_image.png\" style=\"height:292px; margin-left:100px; margin-right:100px; width:289px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the species<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It has been described as <strong>resembling a cross between a goat, a donkey, a cow, and a pig.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s a <strong>medium-sized mammal with a large head, thick neck, short limbs, long, mule-like ears, and a coat of dark hair.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There are several species of <strong>serows, and all of them are found in Asia. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They are herbivores.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> Typically found at altitudes<strong> between 2,000 metres and 4,000 metres <\/strong>(6,500 to 13,000 feet).\n<ul>\n<li>The Himalayan serow, or <strong>Capricornis sumatraensis thar, is restricted to the Himalayan region. <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>They are known to be found in the <strong>eastern, central, and western Himalayas<\/strong>, but not in the Trans <strong>Himalayan region.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Taxonomically, it is a subspecies of the mainland serow<strong> (Capricornis sumatraensis)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation Status:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN Red List: Vulnerable<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CITES Appendix I<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972: Schedule I<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Threats:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Loss of habitat<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>decline in population size<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The decline in natural range size <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/other-states\/in-a-first-himalayan-serow-spotted-in-assam\/article33972852.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source :TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In News: The Himalayan serow has been spotted for the first time in Assam. About the species It has been described as resembling a cross between a goat, a donkey, a cow, and a pig. It\u2019s a medium-sized mammal with a large head, thick neck, short limbs, long, mule-like ears, and a coat of dark [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2023\/07\/1619865current-affairs (1).jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}