Kabul markhor

Kabul markhor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Genus: Capra
Species: C. falconeri
Subspecies: C. f. megaceros
Trinomial name
Capra falconeri megaceros
Hutton, 1842
Synonyms

Capra falconeri jerdoni

The Kabul markhor or straight-horned markhor (Capra falconeri megaceros; Pashto: کابلی مرغومی) is an endangered goat-antelope native to Afghanistan and Pakistan. In Pakistan, it is the provincial animal of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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