Turkmen wild goat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
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).