Pantholops hodgsonii

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Tibetan antelope or Chiru

Tibetan antelope, also known as Chiru is a medium sized antelope most closely related to wild goats and sheep of the subfamily Caprinae.^[1] Tibetan antelope are native to northwest India and Tibet.^[2] They live on the treeless Steppe above 5,000 metres (16,000 ft).^[2] They are an endangered species.^[3] They are a target for hunters for their fine underfur called chiru.^[4] It is used to make luxury shawls.^[4] It takes about four animals to make a single shawl.^[4] In order to collect the chiru, the animals must be killed.^[4] Because of this the Chiru are close to extinction.^[4]

References[edit]

↑ "Tibetan Antelope". Tibet Nature Environmental Conservation Network. January 21, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Tibetan Antelope". Endangered Species Handbook. Animal Welfare Institute. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
↑ "Pantholops hodgsonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 "Tibetan antelope". World Wide Fund For Nature. Retrieved January 22, 2017.

Other websites[edit]

Chinese Scientists Witness Tibetan Antelopes' Life or Death Migration; YouTube

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[TNECN-1] "Tibetan Antelope". Tibet Nature Environmental Conservation Network. January 21, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2017.

[ESH-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Tibetan Antelope". Endangered Species Handbook. Animal Welfare Institute. Retrieved January 22, 2017.

[3] "Pantholops hodgsonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved January 22, 2017.

[WWF-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 "Tibetan antelope". World Wide Fund For Nature. Retrieved January 22, 2017.

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