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The result was merge and redirect to Himalayan tahr. Cavarrone 09:38, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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I can't find any sources that clearly describe this as a recognized subspecies. Sources currently in the article are either dead, uninformative or seem unreliable; anything else I have been able to find falls into the latter category (eg. [1]). Note that the IUCN currently does not recognize any ssp of the Himalayan tahr at all [2]. I don't think it can even be merged into Himalayan tahr, given this lack of documentation. Do by all means prove me wrong :) Elmidae (talk · contribs) 08:05, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge A Google Scholar search turns up several credible sources that indicate Hemitragus jemlahicus schaeferi used to be an accepted subspecies of Himalayan tahr, thus it is significant as part of the history of the taxonomy of the species. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:54, 25 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. All right - most of these are the "doubtful" ones I noted, but this source [3], which I seem to have missed on my trawl, seems to have the missing detail: "Pohle, H. 1944. Hemitragus jemlahicus schaeferi sp. n., die ostliche Form des Thars. Zool. Anz., 144(9/10): 184-91." Clearly not recognized any more but that is a legit description. Fair enough. - Gonna leave this up for a week or so and then merge as a "previously recognized subspecies" note in Himalayan tahr unless there are objections.-- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 07:42, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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