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Tibetan antelope facts for kids

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Atilope du Tibet
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. Tibetan antelope are native to northwest India and Tibet. They live on the treeless Steppe above 5,000 metres (16,000 ft). They are an endangered species. They are a target for hunters for their fine underfur called chiru. It is used to make luxury shawls. It takes about four animals to make a single shawl. In order to collect the chiru, the animals must be killed. Because of this the Chiru are close to extinction.

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  • Head detail, Chiru of Tibet (Pantholops hodgsonii) from the book entitled, The Great and Small Game of India, Burma, and Tibet (1900) (cropped)

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Chirú para niños

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