{"id":111503,"date":"2024-05-31T20:07:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T14:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=current-affairs&#038;p=111503"},"modified":"2025-02-13T11:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T05:45:08","slug":"himalayan-serow","status":"publish","type":"current-affairs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/current-affairs\/himalayan-serow","title":{"rendered":"Himalayan Serow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Himalayan serow was recently seen in the central region of Nameri National Park and Tiger Reserve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-111630 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/himalayan-serow-1-665b1c9f83857.webp\" alt=\"Himalayan Serow\" width=\"349\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/himalayan-serow-1-665b1c9f83857.webp 2000w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/himalayan-serow-1-665b1c9f83857-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/himalayan-serow-1-665b1c9f83857-1024x575.webp 1024w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/himalayan-serow-1-665b1c9f83857-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/himalayan-serow-1-665b1c9f83857-1536x863.webp 1536w, https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/himalayan-serow-1-665b1c9f83857-1568x881.webp 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>About Himalayan Serow<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Different Types:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There are different types of serows found in Asia. The Himalayan serow, also called Capricornis sumatraensis thar, lives only in the Himalayas. It&#8217;s a type of the mainland serow (Capricornis sumatraensis).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 99.8996%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: rgba(184, 165, 217, 0.53); text-align: left; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Mainland Serows (Capricornis sumatraensis)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The mainland serow is found in central and southern China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and in the Indonesian island of Sumatra.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Habitation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mainland serow inhabits steep, rugged hills up to an elevation of 4,500 m (14,800 ft).<\/span><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">It prefers rocky terrain but is also found in forests and flat areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Dietary Pattern:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Herbivores\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are found in the eastern, central, and western Himalayas, but not in the Trans-Himalayan region.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation Status:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Vulnerable&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schedule I\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enroll now for UPSC Online Course<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Nameri National Park and Tiger Reserve<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nameri Tiger Reserve (NTR) is situated in the northern part of the Sonitpur district of Assam, along the foothills of Arunachal Pradesh.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nameri National Park constitutes the core of Nameri Tiger Reserve.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pakke Tiger Reserve of Arunachal Pradesh is in the North and the habitat is contiguous.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers Flowing through the Reserve: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Jia-Bharali River,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a<\/span><b> tributary of the Brahmaputra River, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">along with its tributaries <\/span><b>Nameri, Upper Dikorai, and Bor Dikorai,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> flows through the Reserve.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tropical evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous forests<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Royal Bengal tiger, leopard, clouded leopard and wild dog, Asian Elephant, <\/span><b>gaur, sambar, hog deer and barking deer.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100.199%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: rgba(184, 165, 217, 0.53); text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 100%;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Tributaries of Brahmaputra<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>North Bank tributaries:<\/b><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Subansiri Ronganadi,Dikrong, Buroi, Borgong, Jia Bharali, Dhansiri (North) Puthimari, Manas, Beki, Aie, Sonkosh<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>South Bank Tributaries:<\/b><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Noadehing, Buridehing, Desang, Dikhow, Bhogdoi, Dhansiri (South), Kopilli, Kulsi, Krishnai, Dhdhnoi, Jinjiran\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.334%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 36px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 5575.58%; 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