The Biology and Management of Capricornis and Related Mountain Antelopes
The Japanese serow (Capricornis crispus) has been protected by law since 1955 in Japan, because it was becoming rarer and approaching extinction. Thereafter, the serow population has increased gradually. The Japanese serow is thought to be a primitive rel
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A skelch of a Japallese serow drawlI by Ms Masako Takasaki
Capricorn is and its related species include the mountain ungulates such as chamois, Rocky mountain goats, saigas, Mongolian gazelles, gorals, Japanese serows, Formosan serows and Sumatran serows. This book presents over thirty selected papers from a major international conference on these groups held in Japan in May 1986, with contributors from Europe, North America and Asia. It is one of the first books specifically to focus on these animals. Topics covered include distribution and breeding, behaviour, ecology and reproduction, pathology and veterinary aspects, and conservation of endangered species. The book is likely to interest zoologists, veterinarians and animal conservationists concerned with these groups of mammals.
A Japanese serow standing by Mt Gozaisho
Photograph taken by Japanese Serow Center
The Biology and Management of Capricornis and Related Mountain Antelopes c
Edited by Hiroaki Soma
CROOM HELM London· New York· Sydney
© 1987 Hiroaki Soma
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1987 Croom Helm Ltd, Provident House, Burrell Row, Beckenham, Kent BR3 lAT Croom Helm Australia, 44-50 Waterloo Road, North Ryde, 2113, New South Wales
Published in the USA by Croom Helm in association with Methuen, Inc. 29 West 35th Street New York, NY 10001 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data The biology and management of Capricornis and related mountain antelopes. 1. Japanese serow - Ecology 1. Soma, H. 599.73'58 QL737.U53 ISBN 978-94-011-8032-0
ISBN 978-94-011-8030-6 (eBook)
DOl 10.1007/978-94-011-8030-6
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ISBN 978-94-011-8032-0
Typeset in Times Roman by Leaper & Gard Ltd, Bristol, England BiddIes Ltd, Guildford and King's Lynn
Contents
Acknowledgements Preface
IX
xi
Part One: Evolution and Breeding History of the Rupicaprini 1 On the evolution of the Caprinae
Valerius Geist 2 The saiga (Saiga tatarica) in captivity, with special reference to the Zoological Society of San Diego James M. Dolan Jr 3 Evolutionary aspects of the biology of chamois, Rupicapra spp. (Bovidae, Caprinae) Sandro Lovari 4 Evolutionary pathways of karyotypes of the tribe Rupicaprini Hiroaki Soma, Hidemi Kada and Kunio Matayoshi
3 41 51 62
Part Two: Ecological Distribution and Behaviour of Capricornis 5 Survey of 217 Japanese serows, Capricornis crispus, bred in captivity
Atsushi Komori 6 Distribution of Japanese serow in its southern range, Kyushu Teruo Doi, Yuiti Ono, Toshitaka Iwamoto and Toshiyuki Nakazono 7 Family break-up in Japanese serow, Capricornis crispus Ryosuke Kishimoto 8 Censusing Japanese serow by helicopter in deciduous mountain forests M anabu T. A be and Eiji K itahara 9 Radio tracking of Japanese serow in Akita Prefecture, Japan Kazuhiko Maita 10 A preliminary study on the ecology of Formosan serow, Capricorn is crispus swinhoei Kuang Yang Lue 11 Social behaviour of Japanese serow, Capricorn is crispus crispus Mitsuko Masui
75 93 104 110
119 125 134
Part Three: Keeping and Br
