In the hope that the nationwide campaign for nature preservation will be carried out successfully, the Ministry of Communications has selected 10 kinds of animals and plants-five kinds each of the flora and fauna-that are gradually nearing extinction, as the themes of postage stamps to be issued on five serial occasions this year. The following two items are for the third of the series:
1.Amur (Manchurian) Goral: Naemorhedus goral raddeanus (Haude).
Natural Mounment No. 217, this species is found in the Ussuri River region of Manchuria and in the mountainous areas of Korea such as Mt. Sorak, Taegwallyeong Hill, Mt. Odae and Mt. Taibaik, all in Gangweon Province. In the past it was also found in the northernmost province of Hamgyeong-bugdo in North Korea. Its movement is slow, but it can climb up and down steep rocks and cliffs quite skillfully as it likes rocky places in the alpine and subalpine mountains. Both male and female have long ears and horns, with the body color being varied from grayish black to white. It lives in groups of 2 to 5 and its voice simial to that of the goat. Being a vegetarian, it eats tree leaves, branches, shoots, seeds and grasses.