Long-tailed Goral are found in eastern Russia (Primorsky Territory), northeastern China, the Republic of Korea (Grubb, 2005). It is possible that a population of Long-tailed Gorals the Democratic People’s Republic (DPR) of Korea has been extirpated. In Russia, Long-tailed Goral were previously distributed along almost the entire southern half of Sikhote-Alin range, (i.e. the entire Primorsky Territory and southern part of Khabarovsk Territory) and in Jewish Autonomus region. Currently, about 80% of Russian population is located alone the sea shore between Belkin cape (45.820278, 137.690833) and Ostrovnoy cape (42.810483, 133.719248) i.e. Sikhote-Alin range still harbours the population while Khabarovsk Territory and Jewish Autonomus region do not. Northeastern border of Long-tailed Goral range is located in Krasnoarmeyski district of Primorsky Territory, at the upstream of Kolumbe River where a goral was shot in year of 1997.  Southwest border of Long-tailed Goral range in Primorsky Territory is located in Ussuri Nature Reserve. Since goral are confined to specific habitat—steep rocky slopes covered with sparse, montane broad-leaved forest, from sea level to about 1,000 m (Heptner et al., 1961), and cliffs and forests are necessary for goral habitats, there are just a few inland places with stable populations: landmark ‘Stone Gate’ in Dalnegorsk district, upstream of Milogradovka River in Olga district, watershed of Izvilinka River, Chuguevski district, and Prozrachnaya River, Anuchino district (Zaumyslova and Bondarchuk 2017).

In China the Long-tailed Goral is found in the northeast, and stretches along the Xiao Hinggan Ling mountains (Lesser Khingan range), along the lower reaches of Sungari and Amur Rivers in eastern Jilin and Heilong Jiang, and eastern Liaoning, and includes the Changbaishan range (Jilin) on the border with DPR Korea (Wang 2003, Smith and Xie 2008).

In DPR Korea, little is known of the recent distribution of this species (Shackleton, 1997). It is likely that it occurs (or rather it occurred) in the Hamgyong mountains which lie inland from the northeastern coastline, and in the Taebaek mountains in the southwest. Since the DMZ is restricted by a 243 km fence, the habitat is not connected to Republic of Korea. A third area where it may occur is the Nanghim mountains in the north-central part of DPR Korea. These are extensions of the Changhai mountains from Jilin (China).

In the Republic of Korea, from east sea coast of the city of Goseong-gun, Gangwon province, to the east of the city of Pocheon, Gyeonggi province. To the south, this species has distributed to the Uljin-gun, Gyeongsangbuk province. Gorals also live the mountain range Baekdudaegan, in both DPR Korea and Republic of Korea.

All gorals are listed in Appendix I of CITES. In Russia, it is listed as Category I of the Russian Red Data Book (Borodin 1984). It is protected in some Nature Reserves: Lazo Reserve (170–200, Voloshina, Myslenkov, pers. comm.), Sikhote-Alin Reserve has about 180–220, Goraliy sanctuary (15-20), Chernyi skaly sanctuary (65-85), Vasilkovski (30-40). Ussuri Reserve does not currently have gorals. Conservation measures proposed for Russia:
1) Restore four sanctuaries which lost their status at the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990s i.e. Stone Gate sanctuary, Dalnegorsk district, 4,461 ha, Izvilinsky sanctuary, Chuguevka district, 8,000 ha, Alexeevsky sanctuary, Partizansky district, 87,302 ha, Arseniev sanctuary, Anuchino district, 10,393 ha;
2) Enforce anti-poaching management;
3) Reintroduce goral in appropriate areas formerly inhabited by the species to help restore its range; and
4) Prohibit boats from approaching protected shores, keeping a distance of at least 0.5 km.

Goral status within DPR Korea is unknown. Conservation measures proposed for DPR Korea:
1) Surveys of population status and distribution; followed by
2) development of conservation actions.

In the Republic of Korea, the Long-tailed Goral has been designated as a Natural Treasure by the Cultural Property Preservation Law in 1968, while hunting of all species was banned throughout the mainland between 1972 and 1981 (Won, 1979). Mount Sorak National Park, which contains goral, was approved as a Biosphere Reserve in 1982, and is protected by the National Monument Protection Law (No. 2233) of 1910, the law of Forestry (act 67.68) of 1908, and the National Park Law of 1962. The goral is found in two protected areas in the Republic of Korea: Mount Sorak National Park and, rare, in Mount Odae National Park. The Long-tailed Goral was designated as Natural Monument No. 217 on 14 November 1968 and theoretically it receives full protection. Conservation measures proposed for the Republic of Korea:
1) Fully re-evaluate the species’ status;
2) Determine the feasibility of providing adequate protection through enforcing current protection measures, creating additional protected areas, or both;
3) Determine if captive breeding may also be required, however, without adequate habitat protection, this measure would be basically useless.

In China, Long-tailed Goral are categorized as a Class II species and protected. It occurs in most of the nature reserves located within its range in the North China and the Northeast China Regions. These include Taoshan and Jinpuohu (Heilongjiang); Changbaishan and Zuojia (Jilin); and Suzihe (Liaoning).