Himalayan tahr
Taxonomy Hemitragus jemlahicus [H. Smith, 1826]. Citation: In Griffith et al., Animal Kingdom, Vol. 4, plate [1826] opp. p. 308 [1827]. Type locality: Nepal, Jemla Hills.
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Himalayan tahr
Class: Mammalia
Status: IUCN: Vulnerable; CITES: Not Listed
Indian peafowl ...
Himalayan Tahr ( Hemitragus jemlahicus )
Hoolock Gibbon ( Hylobates Hoolock )
Cheetah ( Acinonyx jubatus )
Chinchilla ( Chinchilla laniger )
Indian Rhinoceros ( Rhinoceros unicornis )
Jaguar ( Penthera onca )
Killer Whale ( Orcinus orca ) ...
Schaller ( ) reports that snow leopards prey on whatever ungulates are available, from wild pigs and gorals to Himalayan tahrs, markhors, takins, and argalis, and in on such animals as , goitered gazelles, and kulans.
Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)
Yellow-footed rock wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus)
Masked shining-parrot (Prosopeia personata)
Flame robin (Petroica phoenicea)
Narrow-leaf araucaria (Araucaria subulata) ...
INTERACTIVE: Anatomy of a Himalayan Tahr
SPECIES: Meet the Ibex
SPECIES: Meet the Dall Sheep ...
Nilgiri Tahr (H. hylocrius) Â- Arabian Tahr (H. jayakari) Â- Himalayan Tahr (H. jemlahicus)
Naemorhedus ...
Male Barbary sheep Ammotragus lervia look like a mixture of both: they have beards and curled horns! And the scientific name for Himalayan tahrs—Hemitragus jemlahicus—means "something like a goat." ...
 See also: Goat, Sheep, Antelope, Gazelle, Lechwe
  
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