The Chinese goral is a wild relative of goats from the mountains of China and Southeast Asia, as far as the foothills of the Himalayas, looking halfway between a goat and an antelope. It is fairly small and lives on steep, rocky slopes between 500 and 3,500 metres above sea level, preferring cliffs and loose rocks that are hard to reach. Its hooves have hard edges and a soft centre, which grip the rocks remarkably well. When there is danger, it gives hissing alarm calls and stamps its feet. It lives alone or in small groups of 4 to 12, and herds gather together in winter. Hunted for its meat, its fur and traditional medicine, it is retreating wherever people spread. The Parc Animalier d’Auvergne coordinates its European breeding programme.