GORAL  , the native name of a small Himalayan rough-haired and cylindrical-horned ruminant classed in the same

group as the chamois . Scientifically this animal is known as Urodragus (or Cemas) goral; and the native name is now employed as the designation of all the other members of the same genus . In addition to certain peculiarities in the form of the skull, gorals are chiefly distinguished from serows (q.v.) by not possessing a gland below the eye, nor a corresponding depression in the skull . Several species are known, ranging from the Himalaya to Burma, Tibet and North China . Of these, the two Himalayan gorals (U. goral and U. bedfordi) are usually found in small parties, but less commonly in pairs . They generally frequent grassy hills, or rocky ground clothed with forest; in fine weather feeding only in the mornings and evenings, but when the sky is cloudy grazing throughout the day .