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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Arabian Tahr
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
Optimum tahr habitat
comprises north facing slopes
between 1,000
and 1,800 m
, that are characterized by relatively high rainfall,
cool temperatures
and diverse
vegetation. They have been seen at
altitudes
down
to sea
level, especially during the rut
when males
are known to move long distances
between known populations to find
females. In captivity births have occurred in all months of the year,
but in the wild the season
is from September to November. A second
rut, known as ‘Lia’ah adh dhubab’, is reported to occur in February
in years when there is good forage
after early rainfall (Wood
1992;
Insall 1999).
Tahrs live in small family groups of two
or three animals, and are entirely herbivorous. The species is diurnal
,
grazing in the early morning and late afternoon. Although it can
survive long periods without drinking if good vegetation is available,
in summer it will come down to drink every two or three days. There
is widespread anecdotal evidence of tahrs drinking at night from
the sources of the ‘falaj’ channel
irrigation
systems
.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 6 Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks)
- 8 Desert
- 8.1 Desert - Hot [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1766) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Cetartiodactyla
()
- Owen, 1848
- Suborder:
Ruminantia
()
- Scopoli, 1777
- Superfamily:
Bovoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Simpson, 1931
- Family:
Bovidae
()
- Gray, 1821
- Genus:
Arabitragus
()
- Specific name:
jayakari
- (Thomas, 1894)
- Scientific name: - Arabitragus jayakari (Thomas, 1894)
- Specific name:
jayakari
- (Thomas, 1894)
- Genus:
Arabitragus
(
- Family:
Bovidae
(
- Superfamily:
Bovoidea
(
- Suborder:
Ruminantia
(
- Order:
Cetartiodactyla
(
- Mirorder:
Eparctocyona
(
- Grandorder:
Ungulata
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Hemitragus jayakari
Notes
We follow Ropiquet and Hassanin (2005) in removing this species from Hemitragus and allocating it to the monotypic genus Arabitragus. [1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Arabitragus
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Further Reading
- Al-Majaini, H. M. 1999. Nutritional ecology of the Arabian Tahr Hemitragus jayakari Thoman 1894 in the Wadi Sareen Reserve Area. Sultan Qaboos University.
- Harrison, D. L. and Bates, P. J. J. 1991. The Mammals of Arabia. Harrison Zoological Museum, Sevenoaks, UK.
- IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008).
- Insall, D. H. 1999. A review of the ecology and conservation status of the Arabian tahr Hemitragus jayakari. In: M. Fisher, S. A. Ghazanfar and J. A. Spalton (eds), The Natural History of Oman: A Festschrift for Michael Gallagher, pp. 129-146. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
- Munton, P. N. 1985. The ecology of the Arabian tahr (Hemitragus jayakari Thomas 1894) and a strategy for the conservation of the species. Journal of Oman Studies 8: 11-48.
- Munton, P. N. 1987. Review of the Status of the Arabian Tahr (Hemitragus jayakari) and Arabian Gazelle (Gazella gazella cora) in Some Areas in the North of the Sultanate of Oman. Report to the Office of the Adviser for Conservation, Diwan of Royal Court, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
- Robinson, M. 2005. The Arabian tahr: a review of its biology and conservation. Caprinae 2005: 2-4.
- Robinson, M. D., Ar Ra’isi, H. A. and Spalton, J. A. 2004. Group size and composition of the Arabian tahr (Hemitragus jayakari Thomas, 1894). Journal of Oman Studies 13: 155-162.
- Ropiquet, A. and Hassanin, A. 2005. Molecular evidence for the polyphyly of the genus Hemitragus (Mammalia, Bovidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36: 154–168.
- Shackleton, D. M. 1997. Wild Sheep and Goats and Their Relatives: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Caprinae. In: D. M. Shackleton (ed.), Wild sheep and goats and their relatives. Status survey and conservation action plan for Caprinae, IUCN/SSC Caprinae Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Wood, R. J. 1992. The propagation and maintenance of the Arabian tahr Hemitragus jayakari at the Omani Mammal Breeding Centre, Bait al Barakah. International Zoo Yearbook 31: 255-260.
Notes
Contributors
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Insall, D. 2008. Arabitragus jayakari. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
Identifiers
- IUCN ID: 192311
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4746448
Footnotes
- Insall, D. 2008. Arabitragus jayakari. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
