Pantholops hodgsonii

(C. Abel in Anonymous, 1826)

Chiru

1 / 3

Location:China, Qinghai province, Kekexili (Hoh Xil) National ReserveDate taken:3 October 2012

Distribution :

China (S Sinkiang, Sichuan, Tibet including Qinghai, Szechwan) and N India (Ladak).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3113

Taxonomy

Subclass	: Theria
Infraclass	: Placentalia
Magnorder	: Boreoeutheria
Superorder	: Laurasiatheria
Order	: Artiodactyla
Suborder	: Ruminantia
Infraorder	: Pecora
Superfamily	: Bovoidea
Family	: Bovidae
Subfamily	: Antilopinae
Tribe	: Caprini
Genus	: Pantholops

Species status

Living

Found in the wild

Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Anonymous. 1826-09. On the supposed unicorn of the Himalayas. Philosophical Magazine and Journal 68(341):232-234.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39873935

Original name as described

Antelope Hodgsonii

Other common names

Tibetan Antelope

Type material

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Type locality

Tingri Maidan, Tibet.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China · India

Subregion distribution

Distribution notes

Distribution references

Taxonomy notes

Taxonomy notes citation

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006210

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 11 names and synonyms.

Antelope Hodgsonii

C. Abel in Anonymous, 1826

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hodgsonii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

Original type locality

Tingri Maidan

Type locality

China: Tibet.

Type specimen URI

Authority page

234

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39873935

Authority publication

Philosophical Magazine and Journal

Name usages

Anonymous (1826:234, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39873935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67423)

Hodgson (1841:218, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35561)

Hodgson (1844:291, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)

Antilope chirù

Lesson, 1827

Family

Bovidae

Root name

chiru

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

Original type locality

Népaul

Type locality

Nepal.

Type specimen URI

Authority page

371

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207838

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:371, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Lesson (1842:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope Hodgsonii:

J. Hodgson, 1827

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hodgsonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Original type locality

Type locality

Type specimen URI

Authority page

164

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2514861

Authority publication

Edinburgh Journal of Science

Name usages

Hodgson (1827:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2514861) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67422)

Anonymous (1829:144, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51778281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67425)

Fischer (1829:462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Hodgson (1830:349, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51583549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67426)

Hodgson (1831:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67689)

Hodgson (1832:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67700)

Hodgson (1834:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64072)

Ogilby (1839:lxxiii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67483)

Gervais (1840:264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67281)

Laurillard (1841:617, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57482955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60622)

Antilope Kemas

C. H. Smith, 1827

Family

Bovidae

Root name

kemas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

Original type locality

mountains of Central Asia ... Katmandoo ... in the most inaccessible pine tracts of Chandang, north-west of Digurgu, in the Himalaya mountains

Type locality

Asia.

Type specimen URI

Authority page

196

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264285

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Smith (1827:196, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33264285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59866)

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Antilope Hodgesonii:

B. H. Hodgson, 1838

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hodgesonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Type

Type kind

Original type locality

Type locality

Type specimen URI

Authority page

154

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3380945

Authority publication

Annals of Natural History

Name usages

Hodgson (1838:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3380945) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65647)

Antilope Hodgsoni:

E. Blyth, 1840

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hodgsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Type

Type kind

Original type locality

Type locality

Type specimen URI

Authority page

139

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918353

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Blyth (1840:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)

Sundevall (1847:270, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47392884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40482)

Murray (1866:333, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Przheval'skiy (1878:37, https://books.google.com/books?id=VvdpnuW5nCgC&pg=PA37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68940)

Pantholops Hodgsonii:

B. H. Hodgson, 1842

Family

Bovidae

Root name

hodgsonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Original type locality

Type locality

Type specimen URI

Authority page

282

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40000005

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Hodgson (1842:282, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40000005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37716)

Gray (1852:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12956466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35535)

Gray (1872:33, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8707777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38721)

Corbet & Hill (1991:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Grubb (1993:399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69016)

Groves (2003:357, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48602939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9601)

Xu, Yang, Zhou, Jin, Chen, Wang, Yang, Wang, Yu, Zheng & Ge (2005:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67444)

Ruan, He, Zhang, Wan & Fang (2005:881) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1022)

Grubb (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8535)

Xia, Yang, Li, Wu & Feng (2007:352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67454)

Feng, Fan, Li, Zhang, Yang & Liu (2008:236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67467)

Smith & Xie (2008:479) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Leslie & Schaller (2008:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1032)

Fox, Dhondup & Dorji (2009:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67448)

Bleisch, Buzzard, Zhang, Xü, Liu, Li & Wong (2009:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67450)

Buho, Jiang, Liu, Yoshida, Mahamut, Kaneko, Asakawa, Motokawa, Kaji, Wu, Otaishi, Ganzorig & Masuda (2011:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67453)

Wilson & Mittermeier (2011:667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67176)

Groves & Grubb (2011:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/30388)

Buzzard, Wong & Zhang (2012:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67451)

Rong, Yan, Zhen-Zhong, Ying-Zhong, Dian-Xiang, Ma, Qing, Yin & Ge (2012:809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67456)

Ma, Shao, Wang, Yang, Bai, Zhao, Jin, Ga, Yang & Ge (2014:532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67468)

Liu, Wu, Wei, Bai, Su & Li (2014:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67462)

Bai, Xiong, Lu, Jin, Lai, Yang, Niu, Hu, Meng, Pu, Ye & Xu (2016:3282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67446)

Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)

Xu, Huang, Stabach, Buho & Leimgruber (2019:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67459)

Cao, Yang, Duszynski, Zhu, Zhang, Shang & Bian (2019:337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67465)

Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Li, Yang, Lu, Jin, Lai, Zhang, Tian, Pu, Wu, Huang, Wang & Xu (2019:1117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67461)

Li, Lu, Jin, Yang, Lai, Zhang, Tian, Zhu, Pu, Wu, Huang, Wang & Xu (2019:1093) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67469)

Zhu, Yang, Lu, Lai, Jin, Pu, Wang, Huang, Zhang, Huang, Tao, Ren, Wu, Zhang, Xu & Xu (2019:2942) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67466)

Tian, Lu, Jin, Yang, Pu, Lai, Wang, Wu, Li, Wang & Xu (2019:2979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67464)

Li, Lu, Yang, Pu, Lai, Jin, Tian, Dong, Zhang, Lei, Zhu, Zhang, Ren, Wu, Huang, Wang, Meng & Xu (2019:3485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67473)

Zhu, Yang, Lu, Lai, Jin, Wang, Pu, Ren, Huang, Wu, Zhang, Xu & Xu (2020:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67455)

Hu, Wu & Dai (2020:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67452)

Li, Lu, Jin, Yang, Lai, Huang, Tian, Dong, Zhang, Lei, Pu, Zhang, Wu, Huang, Ren, Wang & Xu (2020:744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67471)

Tian, Lu, Jin, Yang, Pu, Lai, Ren, Wu, Li, Wang & Xu (2020:2204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67470)

Cao, Chen, Li, Zhou, Chen & Li (2020:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67472)

Shi, Miao, Su & Wasser (2021:727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67457)

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15967/50192544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)