Arabian tahr

The Arabian tahr (H. jayakari) is the smallest of the three species; an adult male weighs about 40 kg (90 pounds), while females are 17–20 kg (37–44 pounds). It is gray brown (females and subadult males) or blonde (fully adult males), with a brittle, relatively short…

…wildlife, including leopards and the Arabian tahr, a wild goat not found in the rest of the country. Bowl-like valleys are carved into the northern face of Al-Ḥajar by northward-flowing wadis and contain tiny agricultural settlements connected with the coast by graded tracks. Al-Ḥajar is generally bleak except on Jabal…