The Himalayan Tahr (or Himalayan Thar) or Common Thar is a large ungulate

Ungulate

Ungulates are several groups of mammals, most of which use the tips of their toes, usually hoofed, to sustain their whole body weight while moving. They make up several orders of mammals, of which six to eight survive...

 related to the wild goat

Wild Goat

The wild goat is a widespread species of goat, with a distribution ranging from Europe and Asia Minor to central Asia and the Middle East. It is the ancestor of the domestic goat.-Social structure:...

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Its native habitat is in the rugged wooded hills and mountain slopes of the Himalaya from Central Asia

Central Asia

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 in northern Kashmir

Kashmir

Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...

 to China

China

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. They spend the summers grazing in high pastures, then come down the mountains and form mixed-sex herds in the winter. It was first identified by Charles Hamilton Smith

Charles Hamilton Smith

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 and included in Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, 1827, etc.
They have small heads with large eyes and small pointed ears and red circles on their cheeks.