Himalayan Tahr (38515529045)🐃

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SpeciesArtiodactylaBovidae
Mammals

🐃Himalayan tahr

Hemitragus jemlahicus (C.H.Smith, 1826)

Himalayatahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) är en art i underfamiljen getdjur som lever i Himalaya.

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≈ half your weight
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
COMBINE
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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
COMBINE
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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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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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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
COMBINE
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
COMBINE
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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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