Red serow

The red serow (Capricornis rubidus), also called the Burmese red serow,^[2] is a goat-antelope thought to be native to southern Bangladesh and northern Myanmar.^[1] It sometimes has been considered a subspecies of C. sumatraensis.^[1] In the northeastern part of India, the red serow occurs widely in the hills south of the Brahmaputra river.^[4][5] although the IUCN states that this species is recorded with certainty only from Myanmar, in Kachin State, and that records in India refer to the Himalayan serow.^[2]Serow in South and Southeast Asia are threatened by habitat destruction, poaching, and disease transmission from domestic livestock. Myanmar and India face severe poaching issues despite legal protections.^[6]

Red serow[1]
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Caprinae
Genus:	Capricornis
Species:	C. rubidus
Binomial name
Capricornis rubidus (Blyth, 1863)
Distribution of red serow
Synonyms
Naemorhedus rubidus Capricornis sumatraensis rubidus

In December 2023, a red serow was found in Sunamganj District of Sylhet Forest Division in north-eastern Bangladesh.^[7]