An animal of the high Tibetan Plateau with a fine, soft undercoat.
Its undercoat is fine and soft. Only males have long horns; females are hornless.
Female Tibetan antelopes gathered south of Zonag Lake during delivery and nursing, where the study recorded abundant vegetation. The date when migrants crossed the Qinghai-Tibet Highway observation site was June in 2008 and May in 2021, a shift of about one month between the two observations.
High vigilance was recorded in 81.4% of females with calves, compared with 7.1% of females without calves. Females with newborns spent the longest average interval scanning, 51.63 seconds. The researchers also recorded sustained vigilance between delivery and the time when a calf was able to stand.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
At Zonag Lake, females used the vegetated area south of the lake during calving and nursing. The observed highway-crossing date shifted from June in 2008 to May in 2021, making the seasonal connection between migration routes and calving grounds relevant to local conservation.