Chiru (Tibetantilope) CollectA 88721
CollectA 88721 - Tschiru (Tibetantilope)
8.6 x 10.5 cm
De Tibetaanse antilope, ook wel chiroe of orongo genoemd, is een zoogdier dat behoort tot de familie der holhoornigen. Het is een middelgrote antilope die op het Tibetaans Hoogland woont.
The Tibetan antelope or chiru is a medium-sized bovid native to the northeastern Tibetan plateau. Most of the population live within the Chinese border, while some scatter across India and Bhutan. Fewer than 150,000 mature individuals are left in the wild, but the population is currently thought to be increasing. In the 1980s and 1990s, they had become endangered due to massive illegal poaching. They are hunted for their extremely soft, light, and warm underfur. In 1997 the Chinese government established the Hoh Xil National Nature Reserve solely to protect the Tibetan antelope population.
