Formosan Serow vs lignum vitae

Capricornis swinhoei compared with Guaiacum officinale

Key Differences

• Formosan Serow is Least Concern while lignum vitae is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Formosan Serow	lignum vitae
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Zygophyllaceae
Genus	Capricornis	Guaiacum
Species	Capricornis swinhoei	Guaiacum officinale

Conservation Status

Formosan Serow

LC — Least Concern

lignum vitae

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Formosan Serow	lignum vitae
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.

lignum vitae

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 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, India, and United States. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.