Tur

Weight

55 kg – 75 kg

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

20.5 years – 22.3 years

Diet

Herbivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

164 days

Young per litter or clutch

1.1

Age at maturity

2.44 years – 2.97 years

Litters or clutches a year

0.89

Active

Day and night (cathemeral)

Lifestyle

Terrestrial

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderArtiodactyla
5. familyBovidae
6. genusCapra
7. SpeciesCapra caucasica Güldenstaedt & Pallas, 1783

Synonyms Capra caucasica caucasica, Capra caucasica severtzovi

Catalogue of Life

NT, Near Threatened

Wild goat

Capra aegagrus

Bovidae

LC, Least Concern

Alpine ibex

Capra ibex

Bovidae

NT, Near Threatened

Markhor

Capra falconeri

Bovidae

VU, Vulnerable

Nubian ibex

Capra nubiana

Bovidae

NT, Near Threatened

Siberian ibex

Capra sibirica

Bovidae

LC, Least Concern

Iberian ibex

Capra pyrenaica

Bovidae

CompareTur vs Wild goatTur vs Alpine ibexTur vs MarkhorTur vs Nubian ibex

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@misc{tur_2026,
  title = {Tur (Capra caucasica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tur},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}