What is Tibetan antelope?
[[File:Atilope du Tibet.png |thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Tibetan antelope or Chiru}}]] '''Tibetan antelope''', also known as '''Chiru''' is a medium sized [[antelope]] most closely related to [[wild goat]]s and [[Ovis|sheep]] of the [[Biological classification|subfamily]] [[Caprinae]].<ref name=TNECN>{{cite web |url=http://www.tibetnature.net/en/tibetan-antelope/ |title=Tibetan Antelope |date=January 21, 2014 |publisher=Tibet Nature Environmental Conservation Network |access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref> Tibetan antelope are native to northwest [[India]] and [[Tibet]].<ref name=ESH>{{cite web |url=http://www.endangeredspecieshandbook.org/trade_tibetan.php |title=Tibetan Antelope |website=Endangered Species Handbook |publisher=Animal Welfare Institute |access-date=January 22, 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> They live on the [[tree]]less [[Steppe]] above {{convert|5000|m}}.<ref name=ESH/> They are an [[endangered species]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15967/0 |title=Pantholops hodgsonii |website=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |publisher=International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources |access-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref> They are a target for [[hunter]]s for their fine [[wool|underfur]] called [[chiru]].<ref name=WWF>{{cite web |url=http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/tibetan_antelope/ |title=Tibetan antelope |publisher=World Wide Fund For Nature |access-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref> It is used to make [[luxury]] [[shawl]]s.<ref name=WWF/> It takes about four animals to make a single shawl.<ref name=WWF/> In order to collect the chiru, the animals must be killed.<ref name=WWF/> Because of this the Chiru are close to [[extinction]].<ref name=WWF/> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI1LRx-YyEM Chinese Scientists Witness Tibetan Antelopes' Life or Death Migration; YouTube] [[Category:Caprids]] [[Category:Mammals of Asia]]