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Capricornis crispus (Japanese serow)

Synonyms: Naemorhedus crispus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) is a Japanese goat-antelope, an even-toed ungulate mammal. It is found in dense woodland in Japan, primarily in northern and central Honshu. The animal is seen as a national symbol of Japan and is subject to protection in conservation areas.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  71.662 lbs (32.505 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  7.74 lbs (3.511 kg)
Female Weight [1]  81.825 lbs (37.115 kg)
Male Weight [1]  61.498 lbs (27.895 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  33.1 %
Diet [3]  Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Plants [3]  80 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  20 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  3 years
Male Maturity [2]  3 years
Gestation [2]  7 months 5 days
Litter Size [2]  1
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  24 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  5.904 feet (180 cm)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Azumayama Forest Forest Ecosystem Reserve IV   Fukushima, Japan  
Mount Hakusan National Park V 219319 Toyama, Japan
Mount Odaigahara and Mount Omine Biosphere Reserve 88558 Kyushu, Japan  
Shiga Highland Biosphere Reserve 32124 Honshu, Japan  

Prey / Diet

Morus australis[4]
Prunus serrulata var. pubescens[5]
Quercus serrata (Konara oak)[4]
Sasa kurilensis[4]
Thuja standishii (Japanese Arbor-vitae)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Capricornis crispus, Christopher N. Jass and Jim I. Mead, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 750, pp. 1–10 (2004)
♦ 5Shinsuke Koike, Hideto Morimoto, Shinsuke Kasai, Yusuke Goto, Chinatsu Kozakai, Isao Arimoto, and Koji Yamazaki (2012). Relationships Between the Fruiting Phenology of Prunus jamasakura and Timing of Visits by Mammals - Estimation of the Feeding Period Using Camera Traps, Phenology and Climate Change, Xiaoyang Zhang (Ed.)
♦ 6Nunn, C. L., and S. Altizer. 2005. The Global Mammal Parasite Database: An Online Resource for Infectious Disease Records in Wild Primates. Evolutionary Anthroplogy 14:1-2.
♦ 7Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0