Taiwan serow

Weight

27.9 kg – 43 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

18.6 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

24 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

shrublandsrc for Habitat

Gestation

215 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

21 months – 2.85 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

0.83src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The taiwan serow is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

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. genusCapricornis
7. SpeciesCapricornis swinhoei Gray, 1862

Synonyms Capricornus swinhoei, Naemorhedus swinhoei

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Japanese serow

Capricornis crispus

Bovidae

VU, Vulnerable

Mainland serow

Capricornis sumatraensis

Bovidae

VU, Vulnerable

Red serow

Capricornis rubidus

Bovidae

NT, Near Threatened

Himalayan serow

Capricornis thar

Bovidae

NT, Near Threatened

Chinese serow

Capricornis milneedwardsii

Bovidae

I

Indochinese serow

Capricornis maritimus

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CompareTaiwan serow vs Japanese serowTaiwan serow vs Mainland serowTaiwan serow vs Red serowTaiwan serow vs Himalayan serow

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@misc{taiwan_serow_2026,
  title = {Taiwan serow (Capricornis swinhoei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/taiwan-serow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}