Tibetan antelopes can race the wind on “the Roof of the World” The Tibetan antelope is a medium-sized bovid native to the Tibetan Plateau. This is an arid high-altitude steppe in Central and ...

The Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) is a native of the high mountain steppes and semi-desert areas of the Tibetan plateau. Interestingly, it is the only member of the genus Pantholops.

Rare Tibetan Antelope Listed As Endangered Date: March 30, 2006 Source: Wildlife Conservation Society Summary: The Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) today applauded a decision ...

The adult Tibetan Antelope – 135 cm long, 80 cm tall from hoof to shoulder and weighing up to 60 kilogrammes — has a skin covered with a thick layer of fine hair.

The Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) is a native of the high mountain steppes and semi-desert areas of the Tibetan plateau. Interestingly, it is the only member of the genus Pantholops.

Tibetan Antelopes. L.A. Times Archives. Sept. 4, 2000 12 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options. ... Tibetans now must risk their lives to protect the endangered Tibetan antelope from torture.

Adult Tibetan antelope have overcome oxygen deprivation on the high-altitude Tibetan Plateau through an unusual adaptation in which they permanently express a form of hemoglobin (the iron ...

To save the endangered Tibetan antelope, whose pelts were so prized by silly women that their population was reduced in the 1990s from millions to thousands. ... the patrol leader, tells him that when ...

Poachers are taking advantage of a fashion trend to turn Tibetan antelope into expensive scarves. It takes four Tibetan antelopes to make the single opulent wrap known as a shahtoosh, and the hunt ...

Advertisement: Tibetan antelope to be put forward as Olympic mascot ( 2003-09-12 16:49) (Agencies) Chinese environmentalists are hoping to promote Tibetan antelope protection by recommending the ...

Why Tibetan antelope can live at elevations of 4,000-5,000m on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau?