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Hemitragus

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Hemitragus is a genus of bovids that currently contains a single living species, the Himalayan tahr. Two extinct species are also known from the Pleistocene.

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Himalayan Tahr

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderArtiodactyla
  5. FamilyBovidae
Observations550
Observations recorded1,444

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Hemitragus
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Hemitragus is a genus of bovids that currently contains a single living species, the Himalayan tahr. Two extinct species are also known from the Pleistocene.

The Arabian tahr and Nilgiri tahr were once included in Hemitragus but have since been assigned to their own genera.

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