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=== Diet === The Himalayan tahr is a [[herbivore]] spending most of the time grazing on grasses and browsing on leaves and some fruits.<ref name=iucn/> Its short legs allow it to balance while reaching for the leaves of shrubs and small trees.<ref name="ult" /> The tahr consumes more woody plants than herb species<ref name="watson">{{cite thesis |last=Watson |first=M. B. |year=2007 |title=Aspects of the feeding ecology of Himalayan tahr (''Hemitragus jemlacicus''), some comparisons with chamois (''Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra'') and implications for tahr management in New Zealand |institution=Lincoln University |hdl=10182/2904}}</ref> with as much as 75% of its diet consisting of natural grasses.<ref name="clauss">{{cite journal |title=Observations on the Macroscopic Digestive Anatomy of the Himalayan Tahr (''Hemitragus jemlahicus'') |year=2005 |last1=Clauss |first1=M. |last2=Hummel |first2=J. |last3=Vercammen |first3=F. |last4=Streich |first4=W. J. |journal=Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=276β278 |pmid=15996131 |s2cid=20245477 |doi=10.1111/j.1439-0264.2005.00611.x}}</ref>
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