Capra falconeri Wagner 1839

Capra falconeri Wagner 1839, Gelehrte. Anz. I. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Munchen, 9: 430.

Type Locality: "Kaschmir"; restricted to Pakistan, Kashmir, Astor (Lydekker, 1913).

Vernacular Names: Markhor.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Capra falconeri subsp. falconeri Wagner 1839

Subspecies Capra falconeri subsp. heptneri Zalkin 1945

Subspecies Capra falconeri subsp. megaceros Hutton 1842

Distribution: NE Afghanistan, N India (SW Jammu and Kashmir), N and C Pakistan, S Tajikistan, and S Uzbekistan.a.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered as C. f. jerdoni and C. f. megaceros; IUCN – Critically Endangered as C. f. heptneri, Endangered as C. f. falconeri and C. f. megaceros .

Discussion: Revised by Schaller (1977).