: any of several genera (Arabitragus, Hemitragus, and Nilgiritragus) of wild Asian goats
especially
: one (H. jemlahicus) of the Himalayas having a reddish-brown to dark brown coat and a long shaggy mane
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Grooming reciprocation in Himalayan tahr and the cognitive constraint hypothesis
PLOS One.
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Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
The natural predator of the Arabian tahr is the Arabian leopard.
—Amiah Taylor, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024
Big game species include Himalayan tahr, a type of wild goat; chamois, a goat-antelope bovine; and wapiti deer.
—Lauren Beale, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
The tahr was a Himalayan goat that had escaped from Rhodes’s menagerie and colonized Table Mountain, making life hard for local klipspringer populations.
—Hedley Twidle, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
Hunters documented the number of chamois and tahr, exotic species of mountain goat introduced to New Zealand in the early 20th century.
—New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
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Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2025
The natural predator of the Arabian tahr is the Arabian leopard.
—Amiah Taylor, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024
Big game species include Himalayan tahr, a type of wild goat; chamois, a goat-antelope bovine; and wapiti deer.
—Lauren Beale, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
The tahr was a Himalayan goat that had escaped from Rhodes’s menagerie and colonized Table Mountain, making life hard for local klipspringer populations.
—Hedley Twidle, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
Hunters documented the number of chamois and tahr, exotic species of mountain goat introduced to New Zealand in the early 20th century.
—New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
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“Tahr.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tahr. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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