Tibetan antelope
Tibetan antelope, also known as Chiru is a medium sized antelope most closely related to wild goats and sheep of the subfamily Caprinae.[1] Tibetan antelope are native to northwest India and Tibet.[2] They live on the treeless Steppe above 5,000 metres (16,000 ft).[2] They are an endangered species.[3] They are a target for hunters for their fine underfur called chiru.[4] It is used to make luxury shawls.[4] It takes about four animals to make a single shawl.[4] In order to collect the chiru, the animals must be killed.[4] Because of this the Chiru are close to extinction.[4]
Tibetan Antelope Media
Identifier: greatsmallgameof1900lyde (find matches)Title: The great and small game of India, Burma, & TibetYear: 1900 (1900s)Authors: Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915Subjects: Hunting Hunting Hunting MammalsPublisher: London : R. WardContributing Library: Boston Public LibraryDigitizing Sponsor: Boston Public LibraryView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From Book*Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:s species from the next were it not for importantdifferences in their skulls, that of the present animal, in addition toother points of distinction, being much more elongated.
The antelope are killed for their wool, which is woven into the luxury fabric shahtoosh, threatening the species' survival.
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References
- ↑ "Tibetan Antelope". Tibet Nature Environmental Conservation Network. January 21, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tibetan Antelope". Endangered Species Handbook. Animal Welfare Institute. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Pantholops hodgsonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Tibetan antelope". World Wide Fund For Nature. Retrieved January 22, 2017.