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Himalayan Tahr (38515529045)🐃

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SpeciesArtiodactylaBovidae
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🐃Himalayan tahr

Hemitragus jemlahicus (C.H.Smith, 1826)

Le jharal (Hemitragus jemlahicus) ou tahr de l'Himalaya est une espèce de mammifères de la famille des Bovidés est un caprin de l'Himalaya. Le jharal a une sous-espèce le Jharal du Népal.

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Conservation status
NTNear threatened

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
35 kg
Body length
1.4 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
22 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Himalayan tahr

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
35 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 35 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
1.4 m
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
22 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 24 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
7 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Age at maturity
4.2 years
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Gestation
183 days
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  • 183 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
1
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Herbivore
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Volume l
35 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Himalayan tahr yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants100%
In other languages
Himalaya-Tahr (de), 喜瑪拉雅塔爾羊 (zh), Hemitragus jemlahicus (pt), Tar himalajski (pl), Jharal (fr), Гималайский тар (ru) … and 20 more languages
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