East Caucasian tur

East Caucasian tur
At Zoo Augsburg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Tribe: Caprini
Genus: Capra
Species:
C. cylindricornis
Binomial name
Capra cylindricornis
(Blyth, 1841)

The East Caucasian tur (Capra cylindricornis), also known as the Daghestani tur, is a mountain-dwelling caprine living in the eastern half of the Greater Caucasus mountains, in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and European Russia. It inhabits rough mountainous terrain, where it eats mainly grasses and leaves. It is listed as near threatened on the IUCN Red List.[1]

  1. ^ a b Lortkipanidze, B.; Weinberg, P. (2020). "Capra cylindricornis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T3795A91287260. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T3795A91287260.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.