| Himalayan tahr | |
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| An adult male Himalayan tahr in Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttarakhand | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Tribe: | Caprini |
| Genus: | Hemitragus |
| Species: | H. jemlahicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemitragus jemlahicus (Smith, 1826)
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| Range map | |
The Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) is a large even-toed ungulate native to the Himalayas in southern Tibet, northern India, western Bhutan and Nepal. It is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, as the population is declining due to hunting and habitat loss.[1]
The Himalayan tahr has been introduced to Argentina, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States.[1][2]
- ^ a b c Ale, S.B.; Sathyakumar, S.; Forsyth, D.M.; Lingyun, X.; Bhatnagar, Y.V. (2020). "Hemitragus jemlahicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T9919A22152905. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T9919A22152905.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Grubb, P. (2005). "Hemitragus Hodgson, 1841". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 705. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 62265494.