Chiltan ibex

{{subspeciesbox

| name = Chiltan ibex

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |journal=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |publisher=IUCN |author=Weinberg, P. | author2=Jdeidi, T. |author3=Masseti, M. |author4=Nader, I. |author5=de Smet, K. |author6=Cuzin, F. |name-list-style=amp |title=Capra aegagrus | volume = 2008 | page = e.T3786A10076632 | date = 2008 |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3786/10076632 |doi =10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T3786A10076632.en |access-date=10 April 2019}}

| genus = Capra

| species = aegagrus

| species_link = Wild goat

| subspecies = chialtanensis

| authority = Lydekker, 1913

}}

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The Chiltan ibex or Chiltan goat (Capra aegagrus chialtanensis) is a wild goat endemic to Chiltan, Balochistan, Pakistan.{{cite web|title=Chiltan Wild Goat |url=http://www.scirecordbook.org/chiltan-wild-goat/|publisher=scirecordbook.org|accessdate=14 March 2014}}{{cite web |title=Pakistan - Shikar Safaris - Hunting in Turkey, Asia and Europe |url=http://www.shikarsafaris.com/pakistan.asp?c=3|publisher=shikarsafaris.com|accessdate=14 March 2014}}{{cite web|title=Wild Goats and Sheep - Wildlife of Pakistan |url=http://wildlifeofpakistan.com/ungulates_gs.html|publisher=wildlifeofpakistan.com|accessdate=14 March 2014}}{{cite web |title=Meet the Sheep - Persian Desert Ibex |url=http://www.wildsheepfoundation.org/Page.php/TheAnimals/goat/Persian%20Desert%20Ibex |publisher=wildsheepfoundation.org |accessdate=14 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314105107/http://www.wildsheepfoundation.org/Page.php/TheAnimals/goat/Persian%20Desert%20Ibex |archive-date=14 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}

Description

Males are reddish-gray in color. Some males have dark brown or black chests, sometimes a dark shoulder stripe (like Bezoar ibex). Females are reddish-gray with a dark brown dorsal stripe and white legs with a dark brown marking below the knees.

Horns are similar to Bezoar ibex, they flat in cross and sharply curved at front and form a long, open spiral that is normally a complete turn or a little more, their horns reaches the length of 29 inches (73.7 cm), however, the longest of record measured 40 inches (101.6 cm) (Rowland Ward, 1969).

==Behavior==

Chiltan ibexes are social and diurnal. Their rut starts in mid-October and is over by third week of November.

Youngs are born from late-March to early-April, with twins occurring frequently.

Distributions & Status

There four to five populations in early 1970s in Chiltan, Mordar, Koh-i-Maran and Koh-i-Gishk (ranges at south of Quetta).

By 1975, the uncontrolled hunting by locals reduced population to 170 in Sulaiman Mountains area, (now Hazarganji-Chiltan National Park).

By 1990, the population was increased by 480. The Forest and Wildlife Department Balochistan has made an endeavour and saved the Chiltan ibex which is an endangered subspecies.

References

Category:Capra (genus)

Category:Goats

Category:Mammals of Pakistan

Category:Endemic fauna of Pakistan

Chiltan ibex