Himalayan tahr
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The Himalayan tahr 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 popul
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Himalayan Thar
Male, female and young, drinking from the Bhagirathi River in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India.
Three individuals on a snowy ridge in the Annapurna region of Nepal.
Snow leopard
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The snow leopard is a felid species in the genus Panthera. It has a thick whitish to grey fur with black spots on the head and neck, with larger rosettes on the back, flanks and bushy tail. Males are
Himalayan tahr
…trees. The tahr consumes more woody plants than herb species with as much as 75% of its diet consisting of natural grasses. Tahr are preyed upon by snow leopards. Tahrs are polygynous, and males are subject to stiff competition for access to females. Young reproductive males roam and mate opportunistically (when…
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Snow Leopard distribution
Illustration of an 'Ounce' (1658)
Snow leopard skull in the collection of the Museum Wiesbaden