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similar. The serow stands about three feet high. It prefers to 

 live on the steep forested areas along the mountain-sides and 

 is found in the mountainous sections of southeastern Asia from 

 China south to Sumatra. A much smaller, grayer species, with 



Fig. 60 — Serow 



longer hair (Capricornis crispus) is found in Japan, and Swin- 

 hoe's serow (Capricornis swinhoei), a close relative of the Jap- 

 anese serow, occurs in Formosa. 



The Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) has been introduced 

 from Austria on Mount Wakefield in New Zealand. It is another 

 member of the goat-antelope group but it differs by the fact 

 that its horn tips curve backward and down. 



