Their story, personality and the details worth observing in person.
Meet Tashi
Tashi is an invented editorial name for this provisional profile. In the sample story, the animal curiously explores keeper-provided enrichment and often chooses the same quiet spot to rest. This individual profile does not describe a real specimen and will be replaced by Bioparco.
An individual, not just a species
The identity card of Tashi
- Sex
- non specificato
- Origin
- The individual name, sex and story are invented provisional editorial content; scientific information refers to the species.
Verifiable facts and scientific language
Species profile
Himalayan tahr
Hemitragus jemlahicus
The himalayan tahr is a sturdy goat-antelope with rock-adapted hooves; males have a long mane.
- Class
- Mammalia
- Diet
- Herbivore
- IUCN status
- NT Near Threatened Near Threatened (NT) It is not currently threatened, but may become so in the near future. IUCN Red List classification
- Natural habitat
- Rocky slopes, alpine grasslands and mountain forests.
- Distribution
- The central Himalayas.
- Feeding
- Grasses, leaves and shoots.
- Characteristics
- A sturdy goat-antelope with rock-adapted hooves; males have a long mane.
One fact to take home
Observe, connect, remember
It makes seasonal movements along mountain slopes.