In India's Great Himalayan National Park, this mostly solitary serow uses forest and rocky ground.
The park describes a typical coarse coat ranging from black to reddish, a dark neck mane and back line, and cream-colored hairs inside the long ears.
In GHNP it uses dense forest and steep rocky slopes and is usually solitary. It browses on leaves, grasses, shoots, and shrubs.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.