Chiru vs ソライロカザリドリ

Pantholops hodgsonii compared with Cotinga cayana

Key Differences

• Chiru is Near Threatened while ソライロカザリドリ is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chiru	ソライロカザリドリ
Kingdom same	Animalia (動物)	Animalia (動物)
Phylum same	Chordata (脊索動物)	Chordata (脊索動物)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Aves (鳥類)
Order	Artiodactyla (偶蹄目)	Passeriformes (スズメ目)
Family	Bovidae (Bovids)	Cotingidae
Genus	Pantholops	Cotinga
Species	Pantholops hodgsonii	Cotinga cayana

Evolutionary Relationship

Chiru and ソライロカザリドリ share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (脊索動物)

Conservation Status

Chiru

NT — Near Threatened

ソライロカザリドリ

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chiru	ソライロカザリドリ
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chiru

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

ソライロカザリドリ

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Chiru

The Chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii), also known as the Tibetan Antelope, is a bovid endemic to the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent high-altitude grasslands of China, with small populations in India. Males bear long, slender, nearly vertical horns that can exceed 70 centimetres in length, while females are hornless. The species is highly adapted to life at elevations of 3,700–5,500 metres, possessing a dense, fine underfur known as shahtoosh — one of the finest animal fibres in the world — which provided insulation against extreme cold but also made chiru a prime target for illegal poaching. Massive hunting pressure during the late twentieth century for shahtoosh shawl production devastated populations, which fell to as few as 75,000 individuals. Following intensified conservation efforts, trade bans, and anti-poaching patrols in China, numbers have partially recovered, though the species remains Near Threatened. Chiru are highly migratory; females undertake remarkable annual migrations of up to 300 kilometres to reach calving grounds in the Chang Tang plateau. Males typically remain at lower elevations year-round. They graze on grasses, sedges, and forbs, and face ongoing threats from climate change affecting high-altitude pasture productivity and from infrastructure development fragmenting migration corridors.

ソライロカザリドリ

スパングルドコティンガ(Cotinga cayana)はIUCNレッドリストで軽度懸念(LC)に分類されている。分布域全体にわたって広く分布し個体数が豊富で、個体数は安定しており直接的な保全上の懸念はない。