West Caucasian tur
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Genus: Capra
Species:
C. caucasica
Binomial name
Capra caucasica
Güldenstädt and Pallas, 1783

The West Caucasian tur (Capra caucasica[2]) is a goat-antelope that lives on mountains found only in the Western half of the Caucasus Mountains mountain range.

References

  1. Weinberg, P. (2008). "Capra caucasica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T3794A10088217. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T3794A10088217.en. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of endangered.
  2. West Caucasian tur