Formosan Serow vs Lantana

Capricornis swinhoei compared with Lantana camara

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Formosan Serow	Lantana
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Verbenaceae
Genus	Capricornis	Lantana
Species	Capricornis swinhoei	Lantana camara

Conservation Status

Formosan Serow

LC — Least Concern

Lantana

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Formosan Serow	Lantana
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Formosan Serow

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Lantana

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (30 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan