African Rice vs Formosan Serow

Oryza glaberrima compared with Capricornis swinhoei

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African Rice	Formosan Serow
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Bovidae (Bovids)
Genus	Oryza (Rice)	Capricornis
Species	Oryza glaberrima	Capricornis swinhoei

Conservation Status

African Rice

LC — Least Concern

Formosan Serow

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African Rice	Formosan Serow
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African Rice

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Dominican Republic, Guinea, and Taiwan.

Formosan Serow

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

African Rice

The African Rice (Oryza glaberrima) is a species in the genus Oryza. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 4 distinct biome types within the Neotrop.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan