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Markhor
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MARKHOR (" snake-eater"), the Pushtu name of a large Himalayan wild goat (Capra falconeri), characterized by its spirally twisted horns, and long shaggy winter coat.
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Markhor
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(mär´kõr), wild goat, Capra falconeri, found in the rugged mountains of central Asia, from S Russia to the W Himalayas. Largest of the goats, the male may stand over 40 in.
Markhor
Taxonomy Capra falconeri [Wagner, 1839]. Citation: Gelehrt. Anz. I. K. Bayer Akad. Wiss., München, 9:430. Type locality: India, Kashmir, Astor.
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The markhor is a member of the goat family which may weigh up to 110 kg (240 lb). It has unusual spiraling horns which may be straight or flare outward, depending on the subspecies.
Markhor (Capra falconeri)
Dall sheep (Ovis dalli)
Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus)
Tibetan gazelle (Procapra picticaudata)
Red serow (Capricornis rubidus)
Chinese serow (Capricornis milneedwardsii)
Black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) ...
Wild goat (C. aegagrus) Â- West Caucasian Tur (C. caucasia) Â- East Caucasian Tur (C. cylindricornis) Â- Markhor (C. falconeri) Â- Alpine Ibex (C. ibex) Â- Nubian Ibex (C. nubiana) Â- Spanish Ibex (C. pyrenaica) Â- Siberian Ibex (C. sibirica) Â- ...
FOOD:
The snow leopard's prey includes wild sheep, wild boars, gazelles, hares, markhor, bobak, tahr, marmots, mice and deer. They stalk their prey and usually spring from a distance of 20 to 50 feet.
western Asia dating back about 9,000 years. Except for angora, cashmere, and Damascus goats, which descended from the markhor (Capra falconeri), domestic goats are primarily descended from the Bezoar goat (Capra aegagrus).
Species includes Grevy's zebra and Hartmann's mountain zebra, Przewalski's horse, the Malayan tapir, babirusa, vicugna, Formosan sika deer, addax, Barbary sheep, dama gazelle, lechwe, gaur, anoa, Arabian and scimitar-homed oryx, and markhor all on ...
 See also: Goat, Sheep, Falcon, Wild Goat, Deer
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