The Chiltan ibex or Chiltan goat (''Capra aegagrus chialtanensis'') is a

wild goat The wild goat (''Capra aegagrus'') is a wild goat species, inhabiting forests, shrublands and rocky areas ranging from Turkey and the Caucasus in the west to Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan in the east. It has been listed as near threaten ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to Chiltan,

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Description

Males are reddish-gray in color. Some males have dark brown or black chests, sometimes a dark shoulder stripe (like

Bezoar ibex The bezoar ibex (''Capra aegagrus aegagrus'') is a wild goat subspecies that is native to the montane forested areas in the Caucasus and the Zagros Mountains. Characteristics The bezoar ibex, which weighs around 60kg (130lb) is known partic ...

). 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 James Rowland Ward (1848–1912) was a British taxidermist and founder of the firm Rowland Ward Limited of Piccadilly, London. The company specialised in and was renowned for its taxidermy work on birds and big-game trophies, but it did other t ...

, 1969)''.

Behavior

Chiltan ibexes are social and diurnal. There 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 Mordar ( fa, مردار, also Romanized as Mordār; also known as Mūrdār) is a village in Garmsar Rural District, Jebalbarez-e Jonubi District, Anbarabad County, Kerman Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, ...

Koh-i-Maran Hari Parbat (), also called Koh-i-Maran (), is a hill overlooking Srinagar, the largest city and the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is the site of a fort, built by the Durrani Empire, and of a Hindu temple, mosques, and gurdwara. The ...

and Koh-i-Gishk (ranges at south of

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). By 1975, the uncontrolled hunting by locals reduced population to 170 in

Sulaiman Mountains The Sulaiman Mountains, also known as Kōh-e Sulaymān (Balochi/Urdu/ fa, ; "Mountains of Solomon") or Da Kasē Ghrūna ( ps, د كسې غرونه; "Mountains of Kasi"), are a north–south extension of the southern Hindu Kush mountain system i ...

area, (now

Hazarganji-Chiltan National Park Hazarganji Chiltan National Park is a national park in the Mastung District of western Balochistan Province of Pakistan. It lies between Chiltan on its west and Hazarganji on the east. The park was established in 1980 to provide the habitat to ...

). 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

Capra (genus) Goats Mammals of Pakistan Endemic fauna of Pakistan Chiltan ibex {{Pakistan-stub pnb:کوہ چلتن ur:کوہ چلتن