Arabian tahr
| Arabian tahr | |
|---|---|
| Tahr at Al Ain Zoo near Jebel Hafeet in the UAE | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Tribe: | Caprini |
| Genus: | Arabitragus Ropiquet & Hassanin, 2005 |
| Species: | A. jayakari |
| Binomial name | |
| Arabitragus jayakari (Thomas, 1894) | |
| Distribution of the tahr in the region of the Hajar Mountains of Oman and the UAE in Eastern Arabia | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hemitragus jayakari | |
The Arabian tahr (Arabitragus jayakari) is a species of tahr native to eastern Arabia. Until recently, it was placed in the genus Hemitragus, but genetic evidence supports its removal to a separate monotypic genus, Arabitragus.