Tahr definition

tär
Any of three goatlike mammals of the genus Hemitragus of the Himalayas, southern India, and the Arabian peninsula, having backward-curved horns. Some biologists place the species in three different genera.
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A short-horned, wild goat (genus Hemitragus) of Arabia, India, and the Himalayas.
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Any of three species of large Asian ungulates belonging to the subfamily Caprinae (goats).
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Noun

Singular:
tahr
Plural:
tahrs

Origin of tahr

  • Nepalese thār

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tahr Sentence Examples

  • The genera are Ovis (sheep), Capra (goats) and Hemitragus (tahr).

  • There are, however, several more or less transitional forms. Tahr are short-horned goats.

  • The short-horned Asiatic goats of the genus Hemitragus receive mention in the article Tahr; but it may be added that fossil species of the same genus are known from the Lower Pliocene formations of India, which have also yielded remains of a goat allied to the markhor of the Himalayas.

  • Tahr frequent the worst ground of almost all ruminants.

  • Three very characteristic ruminants, having some affinities with goats, inhabit the Himalaya; these are the " serow " (Nemorhaedus), " goral " (Cemas) and " tahr " (Hemitragus), the last-named ranging to rather high elevations.

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