Himalayan Tahr 297 



in the mountains of Southern India, and the third in those of South-Eastern 

 Arabia. 



In habits tahr are very similar to the true goats. 



I. The Himalayan Tahr — Hemitragus jemlaicus 



Capra jciii/anica, H. Smith, in Griffith's Animal K/)/g(/ow, vo\. iv. p. 308 

 (1827) ; P. L. Sdater, Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1886, p. 317. 



Capra jeiNldhica, H. Smith, op. cit. vol. v. p. ^58 (1827) ; Jardine, 

 NaturaUsf s Library — Mamin. vol. iv. p. 117 (1836). 



Capra j/uva/, Hodgson, Asiatic Researches., vol. xviii. pt. ii. p. 129 

 (1833), Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1834, p. 106, Journ. As. Soc. Beiiga/, vol. iv. 

 p. 491 (1835). 



Capra quai/rimammis, Hodgson, 'Journ. As. Soc. Benga/., vol. iv. p. 710 

 (1835), V. p. 254 (1836). 



Hemitragus quac/rimammis, vel j/iara/., Hodgson, op. cit. vol. x. 

 p. 913 (1841). 



Hemitragus jem/aiciis. Gray, Cat. Osteo/. Brit. Mas. p. 60 (1847), 

 Knows/ey Menagerie, p. 32 (1850), Cat. Ungu/ata Brit. Mas. p. 144 (1852), 

 Cat. Ruminants Brit. Mas. p. 51 (1872); Adams, Proc. Zoo/. Soc. 1858, 

 p. 532; Jerdon, Mamm. Ind. p. 286 (1867) ; Blanford, Journ. As. Soc. 

 Benga/, vol. xli. p. 40 (1872), Fauna Brit. Ind. — Mamm. p. 509 (1891) ; 

 Kinloch, Large Game S/woting, pt. ii. p. 11 (1876); Lydekker, Journ. 

 As. Soc. Benga/, vol. xlvi. p. 286 (1877) ; Ward, Records of' Big Game, 

 p. 233 (1896). 



Kemas jem/aicus, Gervais, Hist. Nat. Mamm. vol. ii. p. 188 (1855). 



Capra {Hemitragus) jem/aicus, Sterndale, Mamm. Ind. p. 449 (1884). 



Capra jem/aica. Flower and Garson, Cat. Osteo/. Mas. Co//. Surg. pt. 

 ii. p. 250 (1884); W. L. Sclater, Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. pt. ii. p. 146 



(1891). 



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