Naemorhedus baileyi cranbrooki (male)

The scientific name Naemorhedus baileyi cranbrooki belongs to the Burmese red goral and not the Tibetan red goral (Naemorhedus baileyi baileyi), out of curiosity, how did Beijing Zoo source their Red gorals and if they got them from India or Myanmar, why would they go out of their way to do that rather then just getting the nominate subspecies from China

Also here is a fun fact about Red goral (Naemothrdus baileyi)

Rangoon Zoo was actually the first facility to keep Red goral (Naemothrdus baileyi) in captivity, their first specimen arrived in 1964 and at that time, Red goral were one of the least known ungulates, San Diego Zoo actually imported Burmese red goral (Naemorhaedus baileyi cranbrooki) from Rangoon Zoo in the late 1960s and they were in the collection until the 1980s, 1.0 Burmese red goral actually shared an exhibit in Dog and Cat Canyon with 0.1 Burmese gray goral (Naemorhaedus griseus evansi) which was also came from the Rangoon Zoo

Beijing Zoo' s red gorals are from Shanghai Zoo, which are the descents of seven individuals caught in Nyingchi, southeast Tibet.

@baboon, Rotterdam Zoo had some imported from Shanghai in the early nineties. Sadly, no longer there ...!

The species well represented in P.R. China now - apart from Shanghai and Beijing Zoos -?

@Kifaru Bwana No the species don't do well in China, too. There are only two hybrids (Chinese goral - red goral) in Beijing Zoo now, and Shanghai Zoo maintains a population of 23 pure red gorals in off-exhibit area, and it is said that they will put some back to exhibit later. Besides these two zoos, there are no red gorals in other zoos.

@baboon, that is a real shame. I would hope more Chinese zoos would be interested. For Shanghai Zoo to hold 23 red goral is really a too big number.

It would be nice to have new blood from Tibet for the breeding program in Shanghai. Also, to stop having hybrids at Beijing Zoo.

Any other goral species - grays - represented at all in P.R. China?

It is a pity that there is not a state cooperative breeding program for this species, since I think Beijing had tried to attain new brood from Shanghai but failed. Some other Chinese zoos, including Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Kunming, had also tried to keep this species, but lost all their red gorals now.
The only other goral species kept in Chinese zoos are Chinese goral Naemorhedus griseus, but they don't breed well in all the zoos. And except Shanghai Zoo, I have not seen any other good goral exhibits in China.
Beijing Zoo used to attain long-tailed goral Naemorhedus caudatus from North Korea, but it seems that they don't have descents now.