Also tare, tahir, (thar). [Name in the Western Himalayas. (Sometimes confused with thar, the Nepālī name of the gural or gooral, a goat-antelope of Nepāl.)] See quots.
1835. B. H. Hodgson, in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 492. The Western type of the Himalayan wild goat, called Tehr at Simla and Musuri.
1867. A. L. Adams, Wand. Nat. India, 214. Herds of Tare (Capra jemlaica, Smith) were often observed during my excursion. The short triangular horns of this species of goat distinguish it from any of its allies.
1867. Jerdon, Mammals India (1874), 286. Tehr.
1885. Cycl. India (ed. 3), III. 840/1. Tehr, the Himalayan wild goat Hemitragus Jemlaicus, Jerdon, pronounced Tare, also Tahir. It is the Jharal of Nepal.
1893. Lydekker, Horns & Hoofs, 123. The Tahr is found in forest regions.
