tahr

• “The tahr is a fine-looking beast, although his horns are small, and he cannot compare with his majestic relatives, the ibex and the markhor.”

  Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon

• “The gal that owns this rifle has used it on mule deer in Colorado, elk and moose in Utah, and red stag, chamois, and tahr in New Zealand.”

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• “Other members of the genus are the Himalayan tahr (H. jemlahicus) and the Nilgiri tahr (H. hylocrus) from the Nilgiri Hills and western ghats of southern India.”

  Al Hajar Al Gharbi montane woodlands

• “The Arabian tahr (Hemitragus jayakari), a type of wild goat inhabiting precipitous mountain slopes and stark bare cliffs, occurs only in the mountains of northern Oman and the United Arab Emirates and is a regional endemic.”

  Al Hajar Al Gharbi montane woodlands

• “Among the endemic species are the golden langur (Trachypithecus geei, EN), restricted to a small area in the Eastern Himalaya, the Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus, VU) and the pygmy hog (Sus salvanius, CR), which has its stronghold in the Manas National Park.”

  Biological diversity in the Himalayas

• “Parambikulam, Anamalai, and Eravikulam lie adjacent to each other and form a large protected area complex that harbors important Nilgiri tahr populations.”

  South Western Ghats montane rain forests

• “Results from recent surveys suggest that populations of both tahr and musk deer have increased substantially since the park was gazetted and could lead to a recovery in the snow leopard population, probable signs of which were seen in the Gokyo Valley.”

  Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal

• “However, the population decline of the tahr has been caused by heavy hunting pressure and habitat conversion.”

  South Western Ghats montane rain forests

• “At lower altitudes the tahr also use patches of grassland that grow on rock-sheeted substrates.”

  South Western Ghats montane rain forests

• “Tigers, leopards (Panthera pardus), and wild dogs (Cuon alpinus) are the natural predators of Nilgiri tahr.”

  South Western Ghats montane rain forests

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