Bos grunniens or Bos mutus Physical Description The Wild Yak is the ancestor of the domestic yak that Tibetans have relied upon for centuries. Yaks belong to the Bovini tribe, which also includes bisons, buffaloes, and…
Procapra picticaudata Physical Description The Tibetan Gazelle is endemic to the Tibetan Plateau. The Gazelle has a sandy-brown to greyish-brown coat that is greyer in the summer than in the winter. The fronts of the Tibetan…
Ovis ammon hodgsoni Physical Description The Argali, or the Asian Wild Sheep, is the largest species of wild sheep in the world. The Tibetan Argali is one of the eight recognized subspecies of the Argali. The…
Pantholops hodgsoni Physical Description The Tibetan Antelope is also known as the Chiru. Morphological characteristics and DNA analysis reveal that the Tibetan Antelope is most closely related to the wild goats and sheep of the subfamily…
Budorcas taxicolor Physical Description The hefty Takin, also known as the Cattle Chamois or the Gnu Goat, belongs to the genus Budorcas, which means “oxlike gazelle” in Greek. The closest cousin of the Takin is the…
Capricornis (or Nemorhaedus) sumatraensis Physical Description The Mainland, or Asiatic, Serow is one of the three species of serows. Serows are the most generalized representatives of the bovid subfamily of goat antelopes called Caprinae, all of…
Hemitragus jemlahicus Physical Description Tahrs are related to wild goats. The Himalayan Tahr, one of the three species of tahrs, is native to the southern range of the Himalayan Mountains. The Himalayan Tahr has a thick,…
Naemorhedus spp Physical Description The Goral is the smallest member of the Rupicaprini tribe of goat antelopes, which also includes the Serow, the North American mountain goat, and the European chamois. There are three Goral species:…
Pseudois nayaur (Dwarf Blue Sheep) Pseudois schaeferi Physical Description The Blue Sheep, or Bharal, is endemic to the Tibetan Plateau. According to noted biologist George Schaller, Blue sheep are best described as “goats with sheeplike traits.”…
Cervus albirostris Physical Description The White-lipped Deer is also known as Thorold’s Deer, the Grass or Rock Deer, the Yellow Deer, and the White-faced Maral. The White-lipped Deer is a large, strong deer. The Deer’s name…