Markhor

Gestation lasts 163.1 days, with reported values from 135 to 169 days; a litter has 2 young, and sexual maturity is reached at 2.0 years. Its lifespan is given as 13 years, with values up to 19.1 years, and it is listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN, which is not a threatened category.

Weight

41 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

13 years – 19.1 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

mountainsrc for Habitat

Gestation

135 days – 169 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

2src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

2.04 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The markhor is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderArtiodactyla
5. familyBovidae
6. genusCapra
7. SpeciesCapra falconeri (Wagner, 1839)

Synonyms Aegoceros falconeri

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

NT, Near Threatened

Wild goat

Capra aegagrus

Bovidae

LC, Least Concern

Alpine ibex

Capra ibex

Bovidae

VU, Vulnerable

Nubian ibex

Capra nubiana

Bovidae

NT, Near Threatened

Siberian ibex

Capra sibirica

Bovidae

LC, Least Concern

Iberian ibex

Capra pyrenaica

Bovidae

T

Tur

Capra caucasica

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@misc{markhor_2026,
  title = {Markhor (Capra falconeri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/markhor},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}