Caprines (including goats and sheep)

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Now for a caprine which would likely have been a prey of the Arabian leopard in the region of the Hajar Mountains, in what is now the border of the UAE and Oman in the Arabian Peninsula: the Arabian tahr (Arabitragus jayakari): http://www.catsg.org/fileadmin/fileshari...irates.pdf

The Arabian tahr is a species of tahrs, which are Asian caprines related to wild goats. The other species of tahrs are the Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus; from the southern flanks of the Himalaya Mountains in southern Tibet, northern India and Nepal) and the Nilgiri tahr (Nilgiritragus hylocrius): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar...0305000059

It lives on steep rocky slopes of the Hajar, at altitudes up to 1,800 m (5,900 ft) above sea level. It is also found in the area of Jebel Hafeet: https://web.archive.org/web/201803302114...606c3.aspx, http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/environment...-1.1338797, https://www.thenational.ae/uae/environme...et-1.85597 

Being an endangered animal of the Hajar Mountains, and threatened with factors like overgrazing by domestic goats, it is protected by law in both the UAE and Oman. In 1973, efforts were planned to protect the Arabian tahr, and in 1975, it was granted in the Hajar Mountains. In 1980, a captive-breeding program was set up at the Omani Mammal Breeding Center to reintroduce captive-bred individuals back into the wild. Three institutions are now involved, one in Oman and two in the UAE, but many people seem to be unaware about the tahr's grave situations, leading to other conservation initiatives to focus on the publicity and educational campaigns to raise the animals' profile. In April 2009, the preserve of Wadi Wurayah preserve in the Emirate of Fujairah (where the leopard was rumoured to still occur) was set aside by royal decree in the Emirates for the protection of the tahr. Another place in the UAE, Sir Bani Yas in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, was also set up for its conservation: https://www.thenational.ae/uae/environme...et-1.85597, http://uae.panda.org/news/?163161/Arabia...protection, http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/environment...-1.2156104 

Stuffed tahr at the Natural History Museum of the Ministry of National Heritage and Culture in Al-Khuwair, Muscat, Oman: https://www.flickr.com/photos/24151047@N05/3179006397/

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Captive tahr at Al Ain Zoo, Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the UAE; credit: Wajhuallah

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At at Al Hefaiyah Mountain Conservation Centre in Kalba, Emirate of Sharjah, near the eastern coast of the UAE, within the Hajar Mountains (and the Arabian leopard is also in this centre):

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