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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Markhor subspecies native to Kashmir and northern Pakistan}}<br />
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| name = Astor markhor<br />
| status = <!-- subspecies not assessed --><br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn|author=Michel, S.|author2=Rosen, Michel T.| |year= 2015 |title= ''Capra falconeri'' |errata= 2016 |page= e.T3787A97218336 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T3787A82028427.en |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref><br />
| genus = Capra<br />
| species = falconeri<br />
| species_link = Markhor<br />
| subspecies = falconeri<br />
| authority = (Wagner, 1839)<br />
| synonyms = ''Aegoceros falconeri falconeri'' {{small|Wagner, 1839}}<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Astor markhor''' ('''''Capra falconeri falconeri''''') or '''flare-horned markhor''' is a [[markhor]] subspecies native to [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]] and [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/en/observances/markhor-day |title=International Day of the Markhor: 24 May |work=United Nations}}</ref><br />
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==Ecology==<br />
The Astor markhor lives in the scrubland and open woodland that clothe the rugged slopes of the mountains among which it lives at altitudes of up to {{cvt|3600|m|ft|-2}}. It seldom goes above the tree line; in summer it feeds largely on grasses and leaves but in winter it mainly [[Browsing (herbivory)|browses]] on shrubs and woody material. One or two kids are born after a gestation period of 135 to 170 days. The goats are hunted by [[snow leopard]]s, [[Gray wolf|wolves]] and [[lynx]], and the kids may fall prey to [[golden eagle]]s.{{cn|date=August 2025}}<br />
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==Status==<br />
The 2011 estimate for the total population is around 5,800 individuals, divided into several sub-populations, with only one exceeding 1,000 individuals. The main threat they face is being hunted. Even where the animal is protected by legislation as in Afghanistan, poaching takes place and the ban on hunting is not enforced. In India it is fully protected and is present in three wildlife reserves, the [[Limber Wildlife Sanctuary]], and the Lachipora Wildlife Sanctuary and the Hirapora Wildlife Sanctuary.{{cn|date=August 2025}} These three areas are planned to be combined to create the [[Kazinag National Park]] in order to protect the Astor markhor and other mammals such as the [[snow leopard]] and the [[Himalayan brown bear]].<ref>{{cite news |title=LoC home for vanishing goats |author=Raina, Muzaffar |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080309/jsp/nation/story_8998294.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526001721/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080309/jsp/nation/story_8998294.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 26, 2011 |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=9 March 2008 |access-date=30 September 2015}}</ref> In Pakistan, the Astor markhor is present in [[Naltar Wildlife Sanctuary]] in the northern part of the country.<ref name=WoP>{{cite web |url=http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/sanctuaries.html |title=Naltar Wildlife Sanctuary |work=Wildlife sanctuaries/Game reserves |publisher=Wildlife of Pakistan |access-date=29 September 2015}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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