Capricornis thar (Hodgson 1831)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 705

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scientific name	Capricornis thar (Hodgson 1831)
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[Antilope] thar Hodgson 1831 , Gleanings Science, 3: 324.

Type Locality: "the central region, equidistant from the snows on one hand, and the plains of India on the other; … between the Sutlege, west, and the Teesta, east, … in Nepal proper" ( Nepal, Himalayas).

Vernacular Names: Himalayan Serow.

Distribution: E and SE Bangladesh, Himalayas ( Bhutan, N India including Sikkim, and Nepal), and NE India (provinces E of Bangladesh). Probably W Burma.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable as C. sumatraensis thar .

Discussion: Reddish specimens from Arunchal Pradesh, Assam, Bangladesh, and Meghalaya are not attributable to C. rubidus and may represent a distinct subspecies of C. thar .

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Artiodactyla
Family	Bovidae
Genus	Capricornis