Himalayan Tahr
Himalayan Tahr
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| Romaji | Himarayatāru
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| Debut | Kemono Friends Pavilion | ||
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| Scientific Name | Hemitragus jemlahicus
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| Distribution | Himalayas
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| Diet | Herbivore
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| Avg. Lifespan | 14-15 years
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| Read More | Himalayan tahr
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| Himalayan Tahr | Pavilion |
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“You're hungry? Then, would you like to eat some twigs? This is a sweet one. And this is a spicy one. And this one is a rare delicacy that I treasure. None of them are good? Can't be helped. If I remember correctly, on top of that cliff there are branches that I've never eaten before. I will collect them quick, so please wait!”
—Himalayan Tahr's introduction
Himalayan Tahr is a type of bovid Friend who was first revealed in Guidebook Volume 7, and who would later be featured in Kemono Friends Pavilion.
Appearance
She has long hair that's black at the top and white in the bottom half. She has animalistic golden eyes with horizontal pupils, typical for real-life goats. Large horns and animal ears protrude from her head. She wears a big white cape out of the animals undercoat. She wears a light brown jacket and a dark brown skirt. She also wears black gloves and stockings with white highlights. Her shoes are black with a white front. Like many bovid Friends, Himalayan Tahr wields weapons representing her species' horns; hers are twin daggers.
Series Appearances
| Media | Role | |
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| 2018 | Kemono Friends Pavilion | ↪ Minor character, encounterable |
In Real Life
The Himalayan tahr is a large even-toed ungulate native to the Himalayas in southern Tibet, northern Pakistan, northern India and Nepal, and has additionally been introduced to Argentina, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States. The Himalayan tahr has a small head, small pointed ears, large eyes, and horns that vary between males and females; these can reach a maximum length of 46 centimetres (18 in). Their thick, reddish wool coats and undercoats are suited to the harsh temperatures of the Himalayas.
The herbivorous diets of the Himalayan tahrs leave them spending most of their time grazing on grasses and browsing on leaves and some fruits. The tahr consumes more woody plants than herb species with as much as 75% of the tahr diet consisting of natural grasses. The tahr, like most members of the bovid family such as cows, are ruminants; that is, they possess complex digestive systems designed to acquire nutrients from otherwise indigestible plant matter.
Trivia
- Himalayan Tahr, Nubian Ibex and Alpine Ibex are the only three weapon-carrying bovid Friends to not carry double-headed spears as their armaments.
- Furthermore, among the weapon-carrying bovid Friends, only Himalayan Tahr and Nubian Ibex carry twin weapons.
- The three aforementioned Friends are, genetically, closely related; all hail from the bovid family's Caprinae subfamily, and fall within the Caprini tribe thereof. Nubian and Alpine Ibex belong to the Capra genus, while Himalayan Tahr comes from Hemitragus; these genii directly diverged from one another and are not known to have diverged since.
References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caprinae
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan_tahr
- https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9919/22152905