| 释义 |
‖ tahr, tehr|tɑː(r)|, |tɛə(r)|
Also tare, tahir, (thar).
[Name in the Western Himalayas. (Sometimes confused with thar, the Nepālī name of the gural or gooral, a goat-antelope of Nepāl.)]
A wild goat of the genus Hemitragus, found in mountainous regions of southern Asia or Arabia, esp. H. jemlahicus, which has long brown fur and is native to the Himalayas.
1835B. H. Hodgson in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 492 The Western type of the Himalayan wild goat, called Tehr at Simla and Musuri. 1867A. L. Adams Wand. Nat. India 214 Herds of Tare (Capra jemlaica, Smith) were often observed during my excursion. The short triangular horns of this species of goat distinguish it from any of its allies. 1867Jerdon Mammals India (1874) 286 Tehr. 1885Cycl. India (ed. 3) III. 840/1 Tehr, the Himalayan wild goat Hemitragus Jemlaicus, Jerdon, pronounced Tare, also Tahir. It is the Jharal of Nepāl. 1893Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 123 The Tahr is found in forest regions. 1902Little Folks Apr. 282/1 The tahrs are true goats, though..they have no beard. Their home is..high up in the Himalaya Mountains. 1939Proc. Prehistoric Soc. V. 52 A muscular development and agility in the feet commonly met with in the chamois,..the tahr and others of their kind. 1959W. Thesiger Arabian Sands xiii. 256 The Arabian tahr had never previously been seen by a European. 1972T. McHugh Time of Buffalo xvii. 200 And goats, sheep, and Himalayan tahrs stamp their front hoofs under similar circumstances [sc. in rut]. |