Red Serow

The red serow, Capricornis rubidus, also called the Burmese red serow, is a goat-antelope thought to be native to southern Bangladesh and northern Myanmar. It has sometimes been considered a subspecies of the mainland serow. In northeastern India it is said to occur widely in the hills south of the Brahmaputra river, although the IUCN states that the species is recorded with certainty only from Kachin State in Myanmar and that records in India refer to the Himalayan serow. Serow in South and Southeast Asia are threatened by habitat destruction, poaching and disease transmission from domestic livestock, and Myanmar and India face severe poaching issues despite legal protections. In December 2023 a red serow was found in Sunamganj District in north-east Bangladesh.