Hemitragus jemlahicus

(C. H. Smith, 1827)

Himalayan Tahr

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Artiodactyla
Suborder : Ruminantia
Infraorder : Pecora
Family : Bovidae
Subfamily : Antilopinae
Tribe : Caprini
Genus : Hemitragus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Smith, C.H. 1827-02-24. Part 11. Pp. 185–344 in Smith, C.H. 1827. The class Mammalia arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with specific descriptions. Volume the Fourth. Geo. B. Whittaker, London, 498 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264423

Original name as described

Capra jemlahica

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:886i

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fd8a583f-0f14-4c3c-8a90-016267425aa4

Type locality

Nepal (Jemla Hills).

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

India · Nepal · Bhutan? · China

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006194

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Capra jemlahica

(C. H. Smith, 1827)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

jemlahicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:886i

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fd8a583f-0f14-4c3c-8a90-016267425aa4

Authority page

308 (unnumbered facing plate)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264423

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Lesson (1842:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Aegoceros tubericornis

(J. A. Wagner, 1835)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

tubericornis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:886i

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fd8a583f-0f14-4c3c-8a90-016267425aa4

Authority page

1314

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42531360

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capra tubericornis

(H. R. Schinz, 1845)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

tubericornis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum · preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:886i

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fd8a583f-0f14-4c3c-8a90-016267425aa4

Authority page

467

Authority publication

Solothurn

Kemas iharal

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

iharal

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

182

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Hemitragus Jemlahicus

J. E. Gray, 1850

Family

Bovidae

Root name

jemlahicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595032

Authority publication

Knowsley

Name usages

  1. Gray (1850:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47595032) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39734)
  2. Lydekker (1913:173, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21771860) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39844)
  3. Wurster & Benirschke (1968:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67242)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)
  7. Smith & Xie (2008:476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)
  9. Groves & Grubb (2011:223) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9919/22152905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Capra Jemlanica

(C. H. Smith, 1827)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

jemlanica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

308

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264423

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capra jharal

(Hodgson, 1833)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

jharal

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

129

Authority publication

Asiatic Researches

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Aegoceros Iharal

(J. A. Wagner, 1835)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

iharal

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1310

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42531356

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Capra quadrimammis

(Hodgson, 1836)

Family

Bovidae

Root name

quadrimammis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

710

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37190003

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hemitragus Jemlaicus

J. E. Gray, 1847

Family

Bovidae

Root name

jemlaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44755576

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Gray (1852:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)
  2. Blyth (1863:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534856) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  3. Gray (1872:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)
  4. Lydekker (1898:297, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9370293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40483)
  5. Ward (1910:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15015998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39628)
  6. Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Hemitragus jemlahicus schaeferi

Pohle, 1944

Family

Bovidae

Root name

schaeferi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

184

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

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