Turkmen wild goat

Turkmen Wild Goat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Genus: Capra
Species: C. aegagrus
Subspecies: C. a. turcmenica
Trinomial name
Capra aegagrus turcmenica
Zalkin, 1950

The Turkmen Wild Goat or Bearded Goat (Capra aegagrus turcmenica) is a vulnerable sub-species of wild goat native to Iran and Turkmenistan. It is closely related to domestic goats (Capra aegagrus hircus).


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