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Chiru

Order : Artiodactyla
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Genus : Pantholops

Facts about the genus Pantholops, the chiru

Chiru are virtually exclusive to the Tibetan Plateau, though they occasionally wander into India’s Ladakh region.

Description: Tibetan Antelope, or Chiru, are virtually exclusive to the Tibetan Plateau, living at elevations over 4,300 meters (14,000 feet) above sea level.

The chiru are skinned and the raw shahtoosh is collected and smuggled to India, where it is manufactured into shawls in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, the only location in the world where shahtoosh possession and manufacture are officially legalized.

WHY YOU-*has stood up and comes to see that Chiru is obviously taller than her by a head.

Chiru are most often found along the alpine steppe in northwest Tibet and China, where annual precipitation is less than 16 inches and elevations are between 13,000-18,000 feet (Massicot 2001). (Full text)

chiru is not a member of any public groups (Full text)

Chiru: Are you okie? (Full text)

Find where Adrian Chiru is credited alongside another name Adrian Chiru & Email this page to a friend (Full text)

Although far from uncommon, chiru are very wary, and consequently difficult to approach. (Full text)

The most peculiar feature about the chiru is, however, its swollen, puffy nose, which is probably connected with breathing a highly rarefied atmosphere. (Full text)

Movement patterns of the chiru are complex, with females following different patterns from males. (Full text)

Pictures: Chiru Herd (20 Kb JPEG) (UN FAO), Male Chiru (10 Kb JPEG) (Earth Island) The chiru is endemic to the Tibetan Plateau. (Full text)

Chiru are mixed feeders, favoring a diet of graminoid and forb species, with the percentage of plants changing seasonally. (Full text)

Many young chiru are orphaned by poachers. (Full text)

Other descriptions of Chiru Tibetan Antelope Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Antilopinae Genus: Pantholops Species: hodgsonii Binomial name Pantholops hodgsonii Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii), also commonly called the chiru, is a medium sized antelope which is about four feet in height, native to the Tibetan plateau. (Full text)

Chiru is back- no operation (Full text)

i guess chiru is the best in south india. (Full text)

Ecology and Behavior Extremely wary by nature, the chiru is constantly on the alert and is hence (Full text)