tahr

or thar

[tahr]

noun

any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr), introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.

Origin of tahr

First recorded in 1832, tahr is from the Nepali word thār

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Historical Examples of tahr

The genera are Ovis (sheep), Capra (goats) and Hemitragus (tahr).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3
Various
The ibexes, markhors, tahr and all the wild sheep eventually will be shot out by sportsmen who are "sheep crazy."
Our Vanishing Wild Life
William T. Hornaday
In Asia it should include the great Indian rhinoceros and its allied species, the burrhel, the Nilgiri tahr and the gayal.
Our Vanishing Wild Life
William T. Hornaday
The tahr is fairly common all along the higher Himalayan Range.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History
Theodore Wood
It is a large and powerful beast, considerably larger than a tahr, and longer in the leg.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
Robert A. Sterndale

British Dictionary definitions for tahr

tahr

noun

any of several goatlike bovid mammals of the genus Hemitragus, such as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr), of mountainous regions of S and SW Asia, having a shaggy coat and curved horns

Word Origin for tahr

C19: variation of Nepali thār

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