Kabul markhor
The Kabul markhor or straight-horned markhor(Capra falconeri megaceros) is an endangered goat-antelope native to Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is the unofficial provincial animal of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
| Markhor | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | Capra |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. f. megaceros |
| Trinomial name | |
| Capra falconeri megaceros Hutton, 1842 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Capra falconeri jerdoni | |
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