{"id":98511,"date":"2026-04-16T13:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=98511"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:54:12","slug":"tibetan-antelope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tibetan-antelope\/","title":{"rendered":"Tibetan Antelope"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Tibetan Antelope Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a New Delhi court has convicted an art gallery owner for attempting to illegally export Shahtoosh shawls \u2013 made Tibetan Antelope.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Tibetan Antelope<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tibetan antelope or chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii) is a <\/span><b>medium-sized antelope.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Appearance<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Male<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tibetan antelopes are <\/span><b>significantly larger than females,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and can also be readily distinguished by the presence of horns and by black stripes on the legs, both of which the females lack.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>fur of<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tibetan antelopes is distinctive, and <\/span><b>consists of long guard hair<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a silky undercoat of shorter fibers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They inhabit open<\/span><b> alpine, montane valleys<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and cold steppe environments with sparse vegetation cover.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are found almost entirely in China, where they <\/span><b>inhabit Tibet<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, southern Xinjiang, and western Qinghai; a few are also <\/span><b>found across the border in Chang Thang, Ladakh, India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Migration: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are a <\/span><b>migratory species,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> often travelling as much as 400 kilometres between their summer and winter grounds.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Diet: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <\/span><b>herbivores<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (folivores, graminivores) and feed on forbs, grasses, herbs, shrubland, and sedges.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Conservation Status of Tibetan Antelope<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>IUCN Red List: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Near Threatened<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>CITES:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Appendix I<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Schedule I<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What are Shahtoosh Shawls?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are made from the <\/span><b>hair of the Tibetan Antelope.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It offers high levels of smoothness and warmth, Shahtoosh shawls became a highly expensive commodity.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Shahtoosh shawl trade has been <\/span><b>banned globally since 1975 under CITES.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2252139&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tibetan Antelope  chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii) is a medium-sized antelope. 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