{{Short description|Species of mammal}} {{Speciesbox | name = Red serow<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Grubb|pages = 704|id = 14200793}}</ref> | image=Capricornis rubidus.jpg | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |title=''Capricornis rubidus'' |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T3815A214430673.en |last1=Shepard |first1=C. |year=2022 |article-number=e.T3815A214430673 |accessdate=31 August 2022 |amends=2021}}</ref> | status2 = CITES_A1 | status2_system = CITES | status2_ref = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref> | genus = Capricornis | species = rubidus | authority = (Blyth, 1863) | synonyms = *''Naemorhedus rubidus'' *''Capricornis sumatraensis rubidus'' | range_map = Capricornis rubibus.png | range_map_caption = Distribution of red serow }}
The '''red serow''' ('''''Capricornis rubidus'''''), also called the '''Burmese red serow''',<ref name=IUCN/> is a goat-antelope thought to be native to southern Bangladesh and northern Myanmar.<ref name=msw3/> It sometimes has been considered a subspecies of ''C. sumatraensis''.<ref name = msw3/> In the northeastern part of India, the red serow occurs widely in the hills south of the Brahmaputra river.<ref>{{cite book| last1=Choudhury |first1=A.U. |year=1997 |title=Checklist of the mammals of Assam |edition=Revised 2nd |publisher=Gibbon Books & Assam Science Technology & Environment Council |location=Guwahati, India |pages=103pp |isbn=81-900866-0-X}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| last1=Choudhury |first1=A.U |year=2003 |title=Status of serow (''Capricornis sumatraensis'') in Assam |journal=Tigerpaper |volume=30 |issue=2 |pages=1–2 |url=https://www.fao.org/3/ak877e/ak877e.pdf}}</ref> although the IUCN states that this species is recorded with certainty only from Myanmar, in Kachin State, and that records in India refer to the Himalayan serow.<ref name=IUCN/>Serow in South and Southeast Asia are threatened by habitat destruction, poaching, and disease transmission from domestic livestock. Myanmar and India face severe poaching issues despite legal protections.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Redlist - Burmese Red Serow |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3815/214430673}}</ref>
In December 2023, a red serow was found in Sunamganj District of Sylhet Forest Division in north-eastern Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Deshwara |first=Mintu |date=2023-12-27 |title=Rare red serow rescued in Sunamganj |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/environment/natural-resources/news/rare-red-serow-rescued-sunamganj-3504696 |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>
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red serow Category:Mammals of Bangladesh Category:Mammals of Myanmar red serow
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