Markhor
Markhor at the LA Zoo
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Artiodactyla Family: Bovidae Subfamily: Caprinae Genus: Capra Species: C. The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966 is a large Zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming Extinct because it is either few in numbers or threatened by changing environmental or predation The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands The even-toed ungulates form the Mammal order Artiodactyla. They are Ungulates whose weight is borne (if they have more than two toes about A bovid is any of almost 140 species of Cloven-hoofed Mammals belonging to the family Bovidae. This article is about the Capra genus of animals and the Goat species falconeri
Binomial name
Capra falconeri (Wagner, 1839)

The Markhor (Capra falconeri) is a goat-antelope found in sparse woodland in the Western Himalayas. Johann Andreas Wagner (1797 &ndash 1861 was a German Palaeontologist, Zoologist and Archaeologist. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Ecologically a woodland is an area covered in trees differentiated from a Forest.

Markhor stand 65 to 115 centimetres at the shoulder and weigh from 40 to 110 kilograms. Females are tan in colour with a white underbelly and a pattern of black and white on the legs. Males have a lighter tan colour with the same white underbelly and pattern on the legs, as well as a black face and a large amount of long shaggy white fur on their neck and chest which can grow to knee-length. Both sexes have corkscrew-shaped horns which can grow up to 160 cm / 64 inches long in males, and up to 25 cm / 10 inches in females.

Markhor are found at altitudes of 500 to 3500 metres (1,500 to 11,000 feet) where they eat grass, leaves, and whatever other vegetative matter they can find, often standing on their hind legs to reach the top leaves of trees. Altitude is the Elevation of a point or object from a known level or datum (plural data Grass is the common word that generally describes Monocotyledonous green Plants The family Gramineae ( Poaceae) are the "true grasses" and include In Botany, a leaf is an above-ground Plant organ specialized for Photosynthesis. Markhor are crepuscular, active in the early morning and late afternoon. Crepuscular is a term used to describe animals that are primarily active during Twilight, hence at Dawn and at Dusk. Females gather in herds of up to nine individuals and males are normally solitary. A herd is a large group of animals The term is usually applied to mammals particularly Ungulates.

During mating season, males fight each other for the attention of females. These fights involve lunging until the two males' horns are locked together, and then twisting and pushing until one male falls. Markhor sound much like the domestic goat. The domestic goat ( Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat Domesticated from the Wild goat of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe

The Markhor is officially the National animal of Pakistan. This is a list of national animals: National Sub-national United Kingdom Romania Australia United States Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and The word "Markhor" is Persian for "Snake Eater". The creature was featured in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. (commonly abbreviated to MGS3) is a stealth action Video game directed by Hideo Kojima.

Footage of Markhor appears in the 'Mountains' episode of the BBC documentary series Planet Earth (starting around the 33rd minute) along with footage of predation on them by snow leopards. Planet Earth is an Emmy Award and Peabody Award -winning BBC Nature documentary series narrated by David Attenborough and The snow leopard ( Uncia uncia) sometimes known as the ounce, is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central Asia from Afghanistan Northern

The animal is largely found in the Northern Areas of Pakistan especially in Chitral, Ghizar and Hunza regions.

About 2000 - 4000 exist in the wild.

Subspecies

• Bukharan Markhor, (Capra falconeri heptneri}
• Astor Markhor, (Capra falconeri falconeri)
• Kabul Markhor, (Capra falconeri megaceros)
• Kashmir Markhor, (Capra falconeri cashmiriensis)
• Sulaiman Markhor, (Capra falconeri jerdoni)

References

• Caprinae Specialist Group (1996). Capra falconeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Endangered (EN A2cde v2. 3)

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