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- noun Plural form of
tahr .
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Examples
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The nestling season of tahrs was usually during the south-west monsoon period of June-July, he said.
42 Calves Born to Nilgiri Tahrs in Eravikulam National Park 2008
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The population of tahrs was 686 as per the latest census.
42 Calves Born to Nilgiri Tahrs in Eravikulam National Park 2008
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The number of babies could move upto 55 by the end of this month as the calving season of Nilgiri tahrs was between February and March, Wild Life Warden of the Park Roy P Thomas told reporters.
42 Calves Born to Nilgiri Tahrs in Eravikulam National Park 2008
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Effective conservation and protection measures in Eravikulam National Park in Munnar, Kerala, home for the highly endangered Nilgiri tahrs, have paid rich dividends with 42 calves born to ungulates in the current calving season in the park.
42 Calves Born to Nilgiri Tahrs in Eravikulam National Park 2008
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The inaccessibility and isolation of the park mean it is left to blue sheep, gorals (goat-like antelope), musk deer and tahrs (wild goats), which are a source of food for snow leopards.
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The Indian government has offered to assist the South African government with the capture and relocation to India of the remaining exotic Himalayan mountain goats (tahrs) on Table
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The SA National Parks has been shooting the tahrs as part of their programme to remove alien plants and animals from the Cape
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Estimates were that there were between 60 and 100 tahrs left on the mountain.
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According to Gandhi's letter the tahrs originally came from India and "we would be very happy to have them back as they are an extremely endangered species and would be very valuable to us."
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Saving Nilgiri tahrs in less-known habitats wildlife authorities and private propagators of deer and operators of hunting preserves has boiled over into the General Assembly.
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