The Himalayan tahr is considered vulnerable by the IUCN (1996). The Himalayan tahr is a relative of the wild goat and is specially adapted to life on the rugged mountain slopes and montane woodlands of the Himalayas. Himalayan tahr have relatively short legs and small heads with large eyes and small pointed ears. Himalayan tahr The tahr is a near kin to the goat, referred to as a goat-antelope. Males are larger than females, they weigh between 79 and 198 pounds. The Himalayan tahr is one of three species of tahr. The Himalayan tahr is one of three species of tahr. Established in 1964, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungi and plant species. Remarks This rugged relation to the goat has been introduced into New Zealand, where a large population once flourished, but which is now shrinking due to government culling to remove introduced species. The general appearances of these animals is similar to true goats, however, they differ in a number of respects. Other tahrs are the Arabian tahr of Oman, and the Nilgiri tahr of southern India.

The others are Arabian tahr of Oman and the Nilgiri of southern India. Hemitragus means semi-goat and the Himalayan tahr looks like a goat wearing some other creature’s red-brown coat.