Tibetan antelope - Wikipedia
WEBThe Tibetan antelope is a medium-sized antelope, with a shoulder height of about 83 cm (32 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in males, and 74 cm (29 in) in females. Males are significantly larger than females, weighing about 39 kg (86 lb), compared with 26 kg (57 lb), and can also be readily distinguished by the presence of horns and by black stripes on the legs ...
Tibetan Antelope - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
WEBThe Tibetan antelope or chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii) is a medium-sized bovid native to the northeastern Tibetan plateau. Fewer than 150,000 mature individuals are left in the wild, but the population is currently thought to be increasing.
Tibetan Antelope | Pages | WWF - World Wildlife Fund
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Chiru | Tibetan Antelope, Endangered Species, Conservation Efforts
WEBChiru, (Panthalops hodgsoni), a small, gregarious, graceful antelope-like mammal of the family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla) that lives on the high alpine steppes of the Tibetan Plateau. Males carry thin, long horns that curve slightly forward; females are hornless.
Tibetan Antelope (Chiru): Facts, Threats & Conservation | IFAW
WEBWhat is a Tibetan antelope? Tibetan antelopes, also known as ‘chiru’, are a small, unique species related to goats and sheep that are found exclusively in the Qinghai-Xizang plateau.
Tibetan Antelope - Wildlife Conservation Society
WEBTibetan antelope, or chiru, live in one of the most inhospitable places on earth – the high mountain steppes and semi-desert of the Tibetan Plateau. Because of their frigid alpine environment, the chiru produce the finest and most expensive wool in the world, shahtoosh.
TIBETAN ANTELOPE - tibetnature.net
WEBJan 21, 2014 · The Tibetan Antelope primarily inhabits the Tibetan Plateau (although about 200 migrate to Ladakh during the summer months). The great herds of 15,000 antelope or more that Western explorers reported a century ago are now gone, but herds of 1,000 or more can still be seen.
Tibetan antelope - Wikiwand
WEBThe Tibetan antelope or chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii) [4] (Tibetan: གཙོད་, Wylie: gtsod, pronounced [tsǿ]; Chinese: 藏羚羊; pinyin: zànglíngyáng [5]) is a medium-sized bovid native to the northeastern Tibetan plateau. Most of the population live within the Chinese border, while some scatter across India and Bhutan in the high ...
Tibetan antelope - AMNH
WEBThe Tibetan antelope, also known as "chiru," is one of the most beautiful mammals in the world. Its thick, woolly, cream-colored coat provides needed protection against the cold Tibetan winters. Unfortunately, people pay thousands of dollars for scarves made from these coats to keep warm, too.
Recovered Tibetan antelope at risk again | Science - AAAS
WEBOct 11, 2019 · The Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) is an iconic species endemic to the Tibetan Plateau and is the last long-distance migratory ungulate in the region (1). From 1950 to the early 1990s, the species' population declined by …