
Don E. Wilson;Russell A. Mittermeier
OverviewAI-generated
Arabitragus jayakari, commonly known as the Arabian Tahr, is a species of mammal. It belongs to the kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Artiodactyla, and family Bovidae. The species is classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, a status assigned in 2019.
Records for this taxon include 12 occurrences. The species is recognized in the IUCN Endangered collection.
Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, IUCN Red List, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
EndangeredSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderArtiodactyla
- FamilyBovidae
Observations: Not much is known about these endangered animals, but one captive specimen was still alive when 15.6 years of age (Richard Weigl 2005).
via GBIF · IUCN
Wikidata facts
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- Stuffed Arabian Tahr.jpg
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- Arabitragus jayakari
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- IUCN conservation status
- Endangered status
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- Arabitragus jayakari
- taxon common name
- Arabian tahr
- short name
- A. jayakari
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Encyclopedic overview
The Arabian tahr (Arabitragus jayakari) is a species of tahr native to eastern Arabia. Until recently, it was placed in the genus Hemitragus, but genetic evidence supports its removal to a separate monotypic genus, Arabitragus.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arabitragus jayakari” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.