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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.
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed on the IUCN Red ... Himalayan serow, C. s. thar ... Hemitragus. Himalayan tahr ...
The Himalayan serow (Capricornis sumatraensis thar), also known as the thar [a] (/ θ ɑːr / THAR, / t ɑːr / TAR), [2] [3] is a subspecies of the mainland serow [4] native to the Himalayas. [1] It was previously considered its own species, as Capricornis thar. It is the official state animal of the Indian state of Mizoram.
The species was formerly placed in the genus Hemitragus together with the Himalayan tahr (H. jemlahicus) and the Arabian tahr (Arabitragus jayakari).A 2005 phylogenetic analysis showed that the Himalayan and Arabian tahr are sisters of the genus Capra while the Nilgiri tahr is a sister of the genus Ovis and it was therefore separated into the monotypic genus Nilgiritragus in 2005. [5]
Himalayan tahr. H. jemlahicus (H. Smith, 1826) Himalayas: ... IUCN status and estimated population Grey rhebok. P. capreolus (Forster, 1790) Southern Africa
While the Arabian tahr of Oman and the Nilgiri tahr of South India both have small ranges and are considered endangered, the Himalayan tahr remains relatively widespread in the Himalayas, and has been introduced to the Southern Alps of New Zealand, where it is hunted recreationally.
While the status of many of these species is unknown, some are definitely extinct. Populations of many carnivores are threatened. The tiger (Panthera tigris), dhole (Cuon alpinus), and Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina) are some of the most endangered carnivore species.
The white-bellied musk deer or Himalayan musk deer (Moschus leucogaster) is a musk deer species occurring in the Himalayas of Nepal, Bhutan, India, Pakistan and China. It is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List because of overexploitation resulting in a probable serious population decline.