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Tibetan antelope : ウィキペディア英語版 | Tibetan antelope
The Tibetan antelope or chiru (''Pantholops hodgsonii'') (, pronounced (:tsǿ); ) is a medium-sized bovid native to the Tibetan plateau. Fewer than 75,000 individuals are left in the wild.〔 In recent years,they have become endangered due to poaching. They are hunted for their soft and warm wool which is usually obtained after death. This wool is known as ''shahtoosh'' and is used to weave shawls . At present, international trade in their products is strictly prohibited. ==Classification== The Tibetan antelope is the sole species in the genus ''Pantholops'', named from the Greek for "all antelope". It was formerly classified in the Antilopinae subfamily, but morphological and molecular evidence led to it being placed in its own subfamily, Pantholopinae, closely allied to goat-antelopes of the subfamily Caprinae. However, this has been disputed, and some authors consider the Tibetan antelope to be a true member of the Caprinae. Although the genus ''Pantholops'' is currently monotypic, a fossil species, ''P. hundesiensis'', is known from the Pleistocene of Tibet. It was slightly smaller than the living species, with a narrower skull. In addition, the fossil genus ''Qurliqnoria'', from the Miocene of China, is thought to be an early member of the Pantholopinae, which diverged from the goat-antelopes around this time.〔
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