It has a gray or gray-brown coat with tan legs, lighter patches on its throat, and a single dark stripe along its spine.

[citation needed] The Himalayan goral occurs in the Himalayas from Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, southern Tibet, and the states of Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in India to possibly western Myanmar.

Approximately 370–1017 Himalayan goral were present in Pakistan As of 2004[update], occurring in seven isolated populations.

[2] Himalayan goral often form small bands of four to twelve individuals, although they are also known to pair off or, especially in the case of older males, be solitary.

Due to its coloration it is very well camouflaged, so that it is extremely difficult to sight it, especially since it spends much of the day lying still.