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SpeciesArtiodactylaBovidae
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🐃Japanese serow

Capricornis crispus (Temminck, 1836)

El serau japonés (Capricornis crispus) es una especie de mamífero artiodáctilo de la familia Bovidae,​ conocido en japonés como nihon kamoshika (ニホンカモシカ), habita los bosques de la isla de Honshū, en Japón. En Kyushu y Shikoku existen poblaciones residuales.​ No se reconocen subespecies.​ De cuerna reducida, tiene un pelaje gris abundante para aguantar los inviernos nipones.

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
43 kg
Body length
1.8 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
24 years
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Everything we know about the Japanese serow

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
43 kg
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  • 80 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
1.8 m
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Brain mass
132 g
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Maximum lifespan
24 years
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  • 24 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
8.58 years
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Age at maturity
2.7 years
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Gestation
215 days
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  • 215 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
1
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  • 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Home range
0.11 km²
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Population density
1.8 per km²
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Volume l
43 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Japanese serow yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants80%
seeds and grain20%
In other languages
Japanischer Serau (de), ニホンカモシカ (ja), Serau kędzierzawy (pl), Capricornis crispus (fr), Японский сероу (ru), 일본산양 (ko) … and 23 more languages
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