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the native name of a shaggy-haired brown Himalayan wild goat characterized by its short, triangular and sharply keeled horns. Under the name of Hemitragus jemlaicus, it typifies a genus in which are included the wariatu, or Nilgiri ibex (H. hylocrius), from the Nilgiri and Anamalai hills of Southern India, and a small species, H. jayakeri, from South Arabia. Tahr frequent the worst ground of almost all ruminants.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Tahr'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/tahr.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Tahr'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/tahr.html. 1910.
