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  Goral - LoveToKnow 1911
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 Urotragus (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.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Goral   (148 words)

  
 GORAL - Online Information article about GORAL
GORAL, the native name of a small Himalayan rough-haired and cylindrical-horned ruminant classed in the same See also:
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.
Of these, the two Himalayan gorals (U. goral and U. bedfordi) are usually found in small parties, but less commonly in pairs.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /GOA_GRA/GORAL.html   (310 words)

  
 Gray goral
Gorals are most active in the early morning and late evening, but on cloudy days roam throughout the day.
The gray goral is classified as low risk, near threatened by the IUCN (1996).
The gray goral is considered to be a "goat-elope", sharing characteristics of both the true goats and sheep, and antelope.
www.ultimateungulate.com /Artiodactyla/Nemorhaedus_goral.html   (318 words)

  
 I.V.Voloshina, A.I.Myslenkov, E.A.Alexeeva. Osteology of Amur goral.
We measured 31 parameters for recent gorals and 10 additional measurements for the cranium of both the recent and the fossil gorals, because of the facial bones of the fossil skulls were poorly preserved while craniums were well preserved.
The bone length in recent gorals was 140,5 - 148,9 - 158,1 mm (n=14) and 138,0 -143,6 - 151,0 mm (n=8) in fossil goral.
Myslenkov, A. and I., Volosina (1989) - Ecology and behaviour of the Amur Goral.
www.tigers.ru /web_inna/osteol_goral.html   (2870 words)

  
 Comparative Placentation
Gorals are widely distributed through Southeastern Siberia, Mongolia and most of China and Korea.
Gorals are related to serows and other rupicaprines, but are relatively rarely exhibited in Western zoos.
The female goral had died from a malignant tumor in her neck whilst pregnant in her first trimester.
medicine.ucsd.edu /cpa/goral.htm   (1151 words)

  
 Red goral
The red goral is a geographically-isolated form of goral, and the smallest of the three presently recognized species (Hayman, 1961; Rabinowitz, 1999).
As the name suggests, the pelage of the red goral is an overall reddish-brown or bright foxy-red, and is typically long, soft, and quite shaggy (Hayman, 1961; Hla Aung, 1967; Zhang, 1987; Sheng Helin et al., 1999).
Red goral are endemic to the region where the borders of India, Myanmar, and China meet (Groves and Grubb, 1985).
www.ultimateungulate.com /Artiodactyla/Nemorhaedus_baileyi.html   (2447 words)

  
 New Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Goral has a wide distribution, from the Indus Kohistan region in Pakistan in the western Himalaya, across the eastern Himalaya, Myanmar, Thailand, China and in a few scattered areas in South Korea, North Korea, eastern Russia and the adjoining regions of China.
Amur goral occurs in North Korea, South Korea and the Russian montane forests along the border with China and the coastal cliffs overlooking the sea of Japan.
For the goral, I wish that a much stricter control on poaching be put in place, and patches of its habitat should be protected from all forms of disturbance to enable this interesting species to survive in its exciting habitats across its distributional range.
www.wii.gov.in /envis/ungulates/chapter12.htm   (2817 words)

  
 Myslenkov A.I., Voloshina I.V. Sexual behaviour of Amur goral.
In the 1970's and 1980's investigations of goral biology were carried out in both the wild and the enclosure for a total of 5 000 hours (2 000 of them in the wild).
The rutting behaviour of the Himalayan Goral was studied by Lovari and Apollonio (1994).
The goral habitat is a complex of rocky-meadow and forest environments.
www.tigers.ru /web_inna/sex_goral.html   (1968 words)

  
 EWU | 2005 Volleyball Coaching Staff
Goral’s other accomplishments include running the USAV New England region high performance camp in 2002 and 2003, coaching for Rhode Island Juniors and Wisconsin Heat volleyball clubs and Brookfield East (Wis.) high school.
Goral’s college career was spent as the starting setter and captain for the men’s volleyball club team at Carroll (Waukesha, Wis.).
Goral also studied a semester abroad at the University of Nottingham (Nottingham, England) in the spring of 1995.
www.ewu.edu /x1579.xml   (1328 words)

  
 St. Paul Pioneer Press | 10/08/2006 | Pheasant-hunting buddies creating memories for next generations
Goral said he and his son, Rob, are partnered with Badalich's son, Herb, in a new hunting lease in western Minnesota near Chokio.
Goral said fathers and sons were all at the camp last weekend for the opening of duck season.
Even as he approaches 80, Goral is just as enthusiastic about pheasant hunting as he was a half-century ago, when the Terrible Threesome would drive to Appleton, Minn., to hunt pheasants and $1 would buy them each a cot and a blanket at the local hotel.
www.twincities.com /mld/twincities/news/columnists/15687636.htm   (627 words)

  
 Senior spotlight: Ryan Goral energizes b'ball team - Sports
Goral was a four-year letter winner at Horizon High School, setting the Horizon freshman scoring record when he scored 28 points in a varsity game his first season.
Goral continued to excel both in basketball and academics throughout high school.
Goral later went on to train at the Olympic training center in Colorado Springs as well as try out for the Olympics.
www.duclarion.com /news/2004/02/17/Sports/Senior.Spotlight.Ryan.Goral.Energizes.Bball.Team-609746.shtml   (426 words)

  
 Khabarovsk Krai Government site - Tourism and Recreation - Tours - Naturalistic tours - Nemorhaedus goral
Goral is an animal of a dense constitution, reminding a domestic goat.
Gorals lives on the coastal rocky slopes with contiguous to them hills with abrupt woody mountains, far from the sea.
Gorals are keeping single or in the small groups.
www.adm.khv.ru /invest2.nsf/pages/en/tours/Amgoral.htm   (173 words)

  
 Goral Agricultural Machinery
GORAL is a manufacturer and exporter of harvest machines cutter blades,since 1960 it is known by high quality products and customer satisfaction.In our product portfolio we have sickle sections for combine harvesters,cutter knives for sickle bar mowers,motor mowers and their finger plates.
GORAL uses high quality raw material and new technology production techniques to improve the optimum product quality and strength.
GORAL is increasing its market share in both domestic and international markets,while expanding its production capacity.
www.goraltarim.com /company.htm   (77 words)

  
 Castle Rock CO Homes for Sale and Real Estate by Mary Starosta
By this time the Gorals settled all around the Tatras, but were mainly concentrated in far northern Orava, Slovakia, the Podhale area of Poland (north side of the Tatras), in the Pieniny mountains to the east, and northern Spis county, Slovakia.
Their ornate costumes of wool and flax are very regional in design, but the men's trousers bare the kind of military stripes once common to Hungarian troops in Orava and Liptov counties in Slovakia.
The Goral are revered throughout the Slavic world -- especially in Poland -- for their wisdom, self-sufficient nature, hard work ethic, and bravery.
www.starostateam.com /custom3.shtml   (466 words)

  
 Thai Wildlife : Rare or Extinct : Goral (Chinese Goral)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The nose of the goral is a separate bone from the face plate unlike the serow.
The female goral is generally of a lighter shade than the males.
In addition the habitat of the goral is rapidly destroyed by the slash and burn agriculture practiced by the hilltribes, been forced out and eventually killed.
www.tscwa.org /wildlife/rare_or_extinct_09.html   (535 words)

  
 Goral
Goral stand 25-28 inches at the shoulders and weigh up to 65 pounds.
In captivity, one Goral lived 17 years and 7 months.
They have the muzzle of an antelope, and the general appearance, smell, and climbing ability of a goat.
www.garden-city.org /zoo/animalinfo/Mammals/goral.htm   (226 words)

  
 Bangkok Post, Thailand : Goral being hunted out of existence
The last group of goral, one of Thailand's rarest animals, inhabiting Doi Inthanon national park, are being hunted to the point of extinction, said park chief Surachai Tuamsomboon.
The park recently launched a so-called ``Goral Protection Mission'', carried out by around 80 forestry officers to save the lives of a dozen known goral, a small antelope-type creature native to mountainous areas, from being hunted by poachers.
Mr Sompote said animal poaching was widespread in several protected forests because forestry officials spent their time on tourism promotion and tourist services in line with the government's policy to boost tourism in national parks.
www.ecologyasia.com /news-archives/2003/apr-03/bangkokpost_030427_2.htm   (326 words)

  
 Goral Consulting P.C.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Goral Consulting P.C. Goral Consulting, P.C. specializes in facility planning and construction management, with an emphasis in physical security planning, design, and construction.
Goral Consulting’s experience includes projects with the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of Defense, and state and local Governments.
Goral Consulting, P.C. is a small women-owned business located in Springfield, Virginia.
www.goralconsulting.com /index.htm   (119 words)

  
 The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum
This goral glisaded like a shooting star till it found foothold and then walked away to the water hole.
Watching the goral (mountain goat) for 10-20 minutes at a stretch without interruption, as they slaked thirst from a very weak water spring was altogether far more daunting.
As a survival strategy, the goral prefer to rest on the vertical cliff faces where the leopard cannot approach them.
www.tribuneindia.com /2006/20060709/spectrum/nature.htm   (898 words)

  
 Archived conservation news articles on Goral
Goral, Thiem to nationals: Former Denmark athletes John Goral and Ben Thiem, seniors at the UW-Parkside, qualified for the NCAA Division II national wrestling...
But Derya Goral said she had grown suspicious of her houseguest and had told the woman to leave before authorities arrived to arrest the woman.
Goral, gaur, sambar deer and bear are examples of the wildlife that thrive in the forest complex.
conservation.mongabay.com /news/Goral.htm   (5415 words)

  
 Central Chinese Goral :: Saint Louis Zoo
Gorals are very fast, agile antelope-like goats that make their homes in the rocky, mountainous forests of Asia.
Gorals will browse on any available plants in their harsh environment.
Overhunting has tragically decreased the number of gorals in the past, although current preservation laws are helping to stabilize their wild populations.
www.stlzoo.org /animals/abouttheanimals/mammals/hoofedmammals/centralchinesegoral.htm   (337 words)

  
 JOHN GORAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
John Goral should be a strong presence at the bottom of the UW-Parkside lineup.
Last year as a redshirt freshman, he put together a 17-12 record and qualified for the NCAA II National Tournament.
He is the younger brother of Luke Goral, a three-time All-American at UW-Parkside.
oldweb.uwp.edu /athletics/wrestling/goral.html   (99 words)

  
 City Pages - Katrina Scams Hitting the Twin Cities?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Goral made arrangements for the woman, who gave her name as Rachel Bruneau, to stay in her Burnsville home with her and her husband, Ali, and their son, Sinan, a 7th-grader at St. Paul Academy.
Goral told her she could stay with them if she agreed to work and "if I see an effort; if (she) makes contact with the Red Cross, or whatever." The woman told Goral she was too traumatized to do anything.
Goral helped her pack up, including the donations of clothing and a new suitcase that came from Minnesota Responds.
www.citypages.com /databank/26/1293/article13692.asp   (1197 words)

  
 Gorals - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In present-day Slovakia they live in 4 separate groups: in northern Spiš (34 villages subdivided in two groups), Orava and Kysuce (2 villages) and smaller groups in 7 other enclave villages in northern Slovakia.
Traditional Goral dress from the Pieniny region of Poland.
There are several hypotheses about their origin, but they are usually considered descendants of Vlachs, who settled this area of the Carpathian Mountains between the 14th to 17th centuries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gorals   (375 words)

  
 Gray Goral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gray gorals can live for 14 or 15 years.
The young are weaned at 7 or 8 months of age and reach sexual maturity at around age 3.
The IUCN classifies the gray goral as low risk, near threatened.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gray_Goral   (338 words)

  
 Minnesota Zoo/Animals/Tropics Trail
Description: Gorals are the smallest member of the bovid subfamily called Caprinae which includes goats, sheep and the “goat antelope”.
Female gorals have four teats, while sheep and goats have only two.
They are found living on steep and barren slopes which gives them the edge for escaping their predators.
www.mnzoo.com /animals/tropics_trail/goral_1.asp   (90 words)

  
 POLISH NEWS - Essay Page - FATHER TISCHNER, THE GORAL PHILOSOPHER.
No "goral" ever doubted that Tischner was an authentic goral.
He spoke to us in the "goral" dialect which he learned from his grandfather and mother and mastered like very few people.
Many others recognized the importance of the "goral" dimension of Tischner's personality that made him so unique.
www.polishnews.com /fulltext/essay/2000/essay53_2.shtml   (745 words)

  
 Zdiar - folklore
They present authentic Goral pieces of culture of the people living in the region of Zdiar by the means of their songs, dances, melodies and particularly by the means of their costumes.
Goral dances in pairs: "Rovny", "Kotka", "Rozkazovacky", "Cifer", "Goralská polka"
In 70s under the conduct of Stefan Pitoňák the name Zdiaran changes to "Goral".
www.zdiar.sk /Folklor/folklor_en.php   (295 words)

  
 LondonTown.com | Goral Mead Guide | Goral Mead London, WD3, England, UK | London Streets by Street
Goral Mead is located in the borough of Three Rivers District
Below we present a selection of upcoming events, local attractions and great places to eat and shop.
The nearest underground station to Goral Mead is 'Rickmansworth ' which is about 6 minutes to the North West.
www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/goral_mead_4f2.html   (71 words)

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