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Japanese Serow

Capricornis crispus

Description:

Spotted from a car. We stopped and stared at him and he starred back - for ages!

Habitat:

Deep in densely wooded mountainous area

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11 Comments

jwilson
jwilson 12 years ago

I have seen them in Gunma

Stian Waaler
Stian Waaler 12 years ago

Great picture!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

cool

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Wonderful spotting!!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

What an interesting beastie. Haven't heard of these before either. Another good read.

SarahWhitt
SarahWhitt 12 years ago

What a fantastic find!! :)

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

I'd never heard of these before we saw it. My Japanese family all swore it was a kind of Deer and I guess I would've thought so too if I hadn't stumbled across a pic of one on someone's blog. Looking forward to seeing your Chinese one!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Awesome! I spotted one in central China but was much darker than this one.

Rolo
Rolo 12 years ago

wow!

bjohnson
bjohnson 12 years ago

Wonderful!

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Lucky you!

craigwilliams
Spotted by
craigwilliams

中部 (Chubu Region), Japan

Spotted on Apr 2, 2011
Submitted on Nov 2, 2011

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