Gorals are very fast, agile antelope-like goats that make their homes in the rocky, mountainous forests of Asia. These cliff-hangers vary in color from brownish red to charcoal gray with white throat patches.
Red goral are primarily solitary, although females tend to be accompanied by their latest youngster (Zhang, 1987; Sheng Helin et al., 1999). N. baileyi is occasionally seen in small groups, typically with three animals.
Goral
Naemorhedus griseus
These small, antelope-like goats are sure-footed rock climbers. Gorals vary in color from grayish brown to charcoal gray with white throat patches or 'bibs.
Long-tailed goral (Naemorhedus caudatus)
Aloe (Aloe perryi)
Gallagher's leaf-toed gecko (Asaccus gallagheri)
Black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)
Waterberg cycad (Encephalartos eugene-maraisii)
Timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) ...
The group is represented by the European chamois or gemse (Rupicapra tragus or R. rupicapra), broadly distinguished by its well-known hook-like horns, and the Asiatic gorals (Urotragus) and serows (Neinorhaedus), ...
Schaller ( ) reports that snow leopards prey on whatever ungulates are available, from wild pigs and gorals to Himalayan tahrs, markhors, takins, and argalis, and in on such animals as , goitered gazelles, and kulans.
 See also: Antelope, Leopard, Goat, Sheep, Musk
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