Red goral
Behavior
Behavior
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Red gorals are most active during the day, and tend to retreat to inaccessible cliffs at night, where they sleep on sheltered ledges. They are strong climbers and jumpers, and seek safety from predators by fleeing up cliffs. The predators of the red goral are jackals and leopards. They are also very vulnerable and can easily contract [Ixodes](/wiki/Ixodes "Ixodes") which is a tick that attacks the tissue and then sucks the goral's blood. They can clear obstacles over 1\.8 m high from a standing start. Red gorals live in mountainous regions and woodlands in The People's Republic of China and other countries near China. The goral is an animal that migrates vertically according to the season. During the summer seasons they stay in the upper area of the forest while during the winters they migrate down to the low areas in the forest. Although generally quiet, males make a call which sounds like "zer \- zer" during the breeding season; female red gorals also whistle as males approach. Red gorals typically inhabit a home range of around 40 hectares. Males are territorial during the breeding season. Their diets consist of lichens, grasses, stems, and leaves. Their most common food source is Usnea which is a type of lichen.

*N. baileyi* is primarily diurnal, with most activity occurring in the early morning and evening.(Sheng Helin et al., 1999\). During the day, red gorals graze on sunny slopes, retreating to rocky cliffs at night, where they bed down on sheltered ledges.(Zhang, 1987; Sheng Helin et al., 1999\). As with most members of the Caprinae, red gorals are very agile and move with easy speed amongst rough terrain.(Hla Aung, 1967; Zhang, 1987\).

Red gorals are primarily solitary, although females tend to be accompanied by their latest youngster. Only during mating season is when the usually solitary animals come together. *N. baileyi* is occasionally seen in small groups, typically with three animals. The composition of these groups is usually a male, a female, and her offspring, or a female with her offspring from the previous two years.(Zhang, 1987\). This is due to the fact that females only produce one offspring at a time so they usually stay in a group with them.


What is the primary predator of red gorals?