an old name for the capriform or caprine antelopes.

any of a group of ruminant mammals of the subfamily Caprinae having characteristics of both goats and antelopes; (occasionally) any animal of this…

Esp. in the eastern Himalayas: the mainland serow, Capricornis sumatraensis, which is a goat-antelope. Now rare.

An Indian antelope (Cemas goral).

Any of the Asiatic antelopes of the genus Nemorhædus (Capricornis), esp. N. thar (N. bubalinus), the thar, n.