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🐃Japanese serow

Capricornis crispus (Temminck, 1836)

Le Saro du Japon (Capricornis crispus), appelé en japonais Nihon kamoshika (ニホンカモシカ), est une espèce de mammifère de la famille des Bovidés, et de la sous-famille des Caprinés. Il vit dans les forêts de Honshū, au Japon.

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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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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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