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| Query: Kashmir markhor | Result: 2nd of 6 | |
Can anyone identify this animal?
| Subject: | Can anyone identify this animal?
| | Poster: | Steven Murray (steve.murray.home@btinternet.com)
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Date: 2008:01:27 14:11:37
Camera: u700,S700 (OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. )
F number: f/3.4
Exposure: 1/30 sec
Focal Length: 650/100
Upload Date: 2008:02:04 04:49:36
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Can anyone identify this animal?
I have 'inherited' this piece of taxidermy, but have no idea what animal it is. Does anyone have any idea? The plate has the words 'Kag-Nag. Kashmir. April 1905' written on it. Some friends think that it could be some sort of goat.
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| | Guest |
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| Maybe a Cashmere Goat or Kashmir Goat... |
| | Guest |
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| it is a Markhor |
| | Canauhtli |
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| It's a dead animal. |
| | Ashok |
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| This is an Astor Markhor - a wild goat that is found in Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan and parts of the southern mountainous countries north west of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The astor Markhor which is this particular sub-species has horns that are flat and open spiral. The Sulaiman sub-species has a straight tight spiral like a corkscrew while the Pirpanjal / Kashmir subspecies has less flat & more spiraled horns. They live in very steep, rugged and high mountains with cliffs and crags. |
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