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チベットカモシカ

also: チベットかもしか

Meanings

1

noun

Tibetan antelope; chiru

usually written using kana alone

Refers specifically to the species Pantholops hodgsonii, a high-altitude antelope native to the Tibetan Plateau.

チベットカモシカは絶ぜつ滅めつ危き惧ぐ種しゅに指し定ていされている。
The Tibetan antelope is designated as an endangered species.
チベット高こう原げんでチベットカモシカの群むれを見みた。
I saw a herd of Tibetan antelopes on the Tibetan Plateau.

Written forms

チベットかもしか
Mixed kana/katakana variant. Less common than the all-katakana form.
チベット羚羊かもしか
Kanji spelling using 羚羊 (antelope). Rarely used; the kana form is strongly preferred.

Kanji

羚antelope
羊sheep

Etymology

From チベット (Tibet) + カモシカ (antelope). The word is a direct combination describing the animal's habitat and type.