Himalayan tahr

Gestation lasts 183 days, and it has 1 young per litter and 1 litter per year, reaching sexual maturity at 1.9 years. The IUCN Red List classifies it as Near Threatened, which is not a threatened category, and checklists record it in Australia.

Weight

35.2 kg – 76 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

21.8 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Gestation

183 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1.01src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

21 months – 2 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

1 countrysrc for Countries on record

The himalayan tahr is listed for 1 country.

The same countries as a list

1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

The himalayan tahr is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderArtiodactyla
5. familyBovidae
6. genusHemitragus
7. SpeciesHemitragus jemlahicus (C. H. Smith, 1826)

Synonyms Capra jemlahica

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Water buffalo

Bubalus bubalis

Bovidae

NT, Near Threatened

African buffalo

Syncerus caffer

Bovidae

LC, Least Concern

Impala

Aepyceros melampus

Bovidae

LC, Least Concern

Muskox

Ovibos moschatus

Bovidae

LC, Least Concern

Chamois

Rupicapra rupicapra

Bovidae

EX, Extinct

Aurochs

Bos primigenius

Bovidae

CompareHimalayan tahr vs Water buffaloHimalayan tahr vs African buffaloHimalayan tahr vs ImpalaHimalayan tahr vs Muskox

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@misc{himalayan_tahr_2026,
  title = {Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/himalayan-tahr},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}