Himalayan goral

The IUCN Red List classifies the himalayan goral as Near Threatened, which is not a threatened category, and its lifespan is given as 17.57 years.

Weight

28.5 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

17.6 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

17.6 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

170 days – 218 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

16.4 months – 2.6 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The himalayan goral is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderArtiodactyla
5. familyBovidae
6. genusNaemorhedus
7. SpeciesNaemorhedus goral (Hardwicke, 1825)

Synonyms Antilope goral, Naemorhedus caudatus hodgsoni, Naemorhedus goral goral, Naemorhedus hodgsoni, Nemorhaedus goral

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataIUCN Red List

VU, Vulnerable

Red goral

Naemorhedus baileyi

Bovidae

VU, Vulnerable

Long-tailed goral

Naemorhedus caudatus

Bovidae

VU, Vulnerable

Chinese goral

Naemorhedus griseus

Bovidae

B

Burmese goral

Naemorhedus evansi

BovidaeNo free photo yet

H

Himalayan gray goral

Naemorhedus bedfordi

BovidaeNo free photo yet

CompareHimalayan goral vs Red goralHimalayan goral vs Long-tailed goralHimalayan goral vs Chinese goralHimalayan goral vs Burmese goral

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@misc{himalayan_goral_2026,
  title = {Himalayan goral (Naemorhedus goral)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/himalayan-goral},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}