Bukharan Markhor
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| Bukharan Markhor at the LA Zoo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | Capra |
| Species: | C. falconeri |
| Subspecies: | C. f. heptneri |
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Capra falconeri heptneri Zalkin, 1945 |
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The Bukharan markhor, also known as Turkomen markhor or Tadjik markhor (Capra falconeri heptneri) is an endangered goat-antelope, native to Tajikistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, possibly also Afghanistan. Today it is found in few scattered populations, for example in Kugitang Nature Reserve in easternmost Turkmenistan. The population of the Bukharan markhor is at around 5,750 animals.
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